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Velar ejective fricative
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The velar ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Features

Features of the velar ejective fricative:

Occurrence

Occurrence of [xʼ] in several languages
Language Word IPA Meaning
Tlingit áa [xʼáːxʼ] 'apple'
Chiwere x^aⁿ [xʼã] 'life'
Winnebago x'ooke [xʼoːkɛ] 'parents

See also