/x/ – Voiceless Velar Fricative

Notes:

Wikipedia Article
Can be interchanged with – /h/
Voiced Pair – /ɣ/
Other Fricative Consonants – /f/, /v/, /z/, /s/, /h/

Features:

Place of Articulation: Velar
Manner of Articulation: Fricative
Phonation: Voiceless

Video Library:

Lecture Video

Note: In some dialects it is replaced with the /h/ sound instead. The /x/ sound occurs at the same place that the /k/ sound occurs. It is the sound that most people do when imitating the hiss of a cat or the breathing of Darth Vader. Listen below and try to imitate my speech.

&lt;p&gt;Listen to &lt;a href=”https://hearthis.at/mimicmethod/the-voiceless-velar-fricative/” target=”_blank”&gt;The Voiceless Velar Fricative&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=”https://hearthis.at/mimicmethod/” target=”_blank” &gt;The Mimic Method&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=”https://hearthis.at/” target=”_blank”&gt;hearthis.at&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

1. Build Awareness

ojo [o̞.xo̞], dije [d̪i.xe̞], viejo [βie̞.xo̞], baja [bä.xä], gente [xe̞n̪.t̪e̞], dijiste [d̪i.xis.t̪e̞], ajo [ä.xo̞], mujer [mu.xe̞&], jota [xo̞.t̪ä], caja [kä.xä]