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Voiceless velar fricative


 

The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{IPA|x}}, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is x. The {{IPA|}} sound is rare in, but not completely absent from, English. To give English speakers an example of the sound with which they might be familiar, consider the sound represented by "ch" in Scottish loch or Hebrew Chanukah.

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Consonant - Spoken - Language - International Phonetic Alphabet - X-SAMPA - English - Scottish - Hebrew

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