| Letter: | Ⱡ ⱡ |
| L with double bar | |
| Type: | alphabet |
| Typedesc: | ic |
| Language: | Kutenai language, Nii language, Melpa language, Wahgi language |
| Unicode: | U+2C60, U+2C61 |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Fam1: | |
| Fam2: | |
| Fam7: | Λ λ |
| Fam9: | L l |
L with double bar (Ⱡ ⱡ) is an additional letter used in the writing of the Kutenai language in Canada and some Chimbu–Wahgi languages like the Melpa and Nii languages in Papua New Guinea, composed of an L with two horizontal bars.
Ⱡ is used in Kutenai to represent the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative pronounced as /link/. In practical usage, it is commonly replaced with the doubly barred vertical pipe .
Ⱡ was initially used as an alternative to belted l, mostly in handwriting and was preferred by Kutenai-language teachers in the 1990s.
Ⱡ is used in Melpa and Nii to represent the voiceless velar lateral fricative pronounced as /link/.
Ⱡ replaced l with bar in Nii from thes 1980-1990s.
L with double bar can be represented with the following Unicode characters: