Voiceless velar fricative

IPA mark	x
IPA number	140
IPA character description	Latin minuscule x
Unicode	U + 0078
HTML (dec.)	& # 120;
X-SAMPA	x
Kirshenbaum	x
Audio sample ? / i [ xa ʔaxa ]

The voiceless velar fricative (an unvoiced , the rear dorsum educated fricative ) has the following in different languages phonetic and orthographic realizations:

• German [⁠ x ⁠] : ch after a , o , u and au (except in the diminutive - suffix chen ). However, this sound can also be spoken uvularly .
  • Example: la ch en [ ˈlaxən ]
• Alemannisch [⁠ x ⁠] : ch (in any position)
• Russian : Х, х
• Spanish [⁠ x ⁠] : Each j and g in groups ge and gi.
  • Example: j amás [ xaˈmas ]

The voiceless palatal fricative , also known as the ego sound , is one of the following realizations (one of the following allophones ) of the phoneme in German , which is usually notated / ç / or / x /: [ç] and [ x ] or [ χ ] .

See also

• consonant

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].