| Lambda | |
| Imagealt: | Upper and lower case of Latin lambda |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Typedesc: | ic |
| Fam1: | Λ λ |
| Sisters: | ƛ |
| Type: | alphabet |
Lambda (, ) is an additional letter of the Latin script, based on the lowercase letter lambda from the Greek alphabet (λ). It is used in Heiltsuk, Liqʼwala, Kwakʼwala, and Pilagá. In these languages, Latin lambda represents a variety of lateral phonemes. The lower-case variant is a homoglyph of lower-case lambda. The upper-case is a large variant of the lower case in Pilagá but a turned Y in North America.[1]
The letter appears in the Liqʼwala dialect of Kwakʼwala language, where it represents pronounced as /link/. In Kwakʼwala, Latin lambda may also be used instead of the digraph .[2]
In the Heiltsuk dialect of North Wakashan, Latin lambda represents pronounced as /link/ and may be alternatively rendered as .[3]
In the Pilagá language, Latin lambda is used to represent pronounced as /slink/.
As of 2024, Unicode support is pending at U+A7DA and U+A7DB and is expected by September.[4]