What ᶪ means
ᶪ marks an l-like palatal-hook feature as a raised modifier. A palatal articulation is made with the tongue raised toward the hard palate, the front part of the roof of the mouth. In phonetic notation, the raised letter marks a secondary or transitional sound feature; its precise reading follows the transcription system.
A 1928 IPA chart lists palatalized consonants including ᶅ. The IPA recommendation shifted to superscript ʲ in 1989. A Unicode proposal describes hooked forms in Russian transcription and cites Australian and African language material; an example in Evans's 1995 material uses modifier l with palatal hook, though its hook direction may reflect a type error or a workaround for limited type.
How should I type ᶪ?
Use the exact form required by your transcription. Microsoft Word accepts 1DAA followed by AltX; HTML can use ᶪ or ᶪ, and JavaScript accepts \u1DAA or \u{1DAA} as a code-point escape.
A plain l followed by a combining palatal-hook mark (l̡) is a different character sequence, not a canonically equivalent spelling of ᶪ.
Specialist phonetic notation; the raised form marks an attached sound feature.
Do not use it as decorative superscript; its raised form carries notation meaning.
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Who writes ᶪ
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Don't confuse it with
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l̡ A plain l followed by a combining palatal-hook mark. It is a different sequence, not a canonically equivalent spelling of ᶪ.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ᶪ show as an empty box?
It can. The selected font may lack this glyph, so the screen shows a box or substitute. The text still contains ᶪ; a font with phonetic-character coverage can display it.
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How to type or find ᶪ
- Also called
- modifier l with palatal hook · superscript l with palatal hook
- Search it as
- ᶪ · l palatal hook · palatalized l · palatalization · IPA notation · phonetic modifier · superscript l · hooked l
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ᶪ\1DAACodes and encoding1 code points
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