L with stroke

Ł or ł, described in English as L with stroke, is a letter of Polish, Kashubian, Sorbian, and Łacinka (Latin Belarusian) alphabet. It represents the Lekhitic/East Slavic continuation of Proto-Slavic non-palatal l; ''see Dark L.

Ł appeared first in 16th century, in Polish texts.

Nowadays in Polish, Ł is normally pronounced (almost exactly as w in English as consonant, i.e. in were, will, firewall but not in new or straw).

It is also used in Navajo for a voiceless lateral frictive ().