Voiceless velar fricative
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A voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It was part of the consonant inventory of Old English and can still be found in some dialects of English, most notably in Scottish English, e.g. in loch, broch or saugh (willow).
The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, the Latin letter x. It is also used in broad transcription instead of the symbol Template:Angbr IPA, the Greek chi, for the voiceless uvular fricative.
There is also a voiceless post-velar fricative (also called pre-uvular) in some languages, which can be transcribed as Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA. For voiceless pre-velar fricative (also called post-palatal), see voiceless palatal fricative.
Features
Features of a voiceless velar fricative:
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Occurrence
A voiceless velar fricative and its labialized variety are postulated to have occurred in Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages, as the reflex of the Proto-Indo-European voiceless palatal and velar stops and the labialized voiceless velar stop. Thus Proto-Indo-European Script error: No such module "Lang". "horn" and Script error: No such module "Lang". "what" became Proto-Germanic *hurnan and *hwat, where *h and *hw were likely Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA".. This sound change is part of Grimm's law.
In Modern Greek, a voiceless velar fricative originated from the Ancient Greek voiceless aspirated stop Script error: No such module "IPA". in a sound change that lenited all Greek aspirated stops to fricatives.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Abaza | Script error: No such module "Lang". /xzë | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'name' | ||
| Adyghe | Script error: No such module "Lang". /xë | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'six' | ||
| Afrikaans | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'big' | More often realized as uvular [[[:Template:IPAlink]] ~ Template:IPAlink]. See Afrikaans phonology | |
| Albanian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'language' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Albanian phonology | |
| Aleut | Atkan dialect | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'two' | |
| Arabic | Modern Standard | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'green' (f.) | May be velar, post-velar or uvular, depending on dialect.Template:Sfnp See Arabic phonology |
| Assamese | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'Assamese' | ||
| Assyrian | ܚܡܫܐ Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'five' | ||
| Avar | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'belly' | ||
| Azerbaijani | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang"./Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'pleasant' | ||
| Basque | Some speakersTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'to eat' | Either velar or post-velar.Template:Sfnp For other speakers it's Script error: No such module "IPA"..Template:Sfnp |
| Blackfoot[1] | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'my grandparents' | Sometimes /x/ becomes allophone /h/ in beginning of words like "hánnia!" Really! Or becomes allphone /ç/ after i/ii like ihkitsika seven. | |
| BrahuiTemplate:Sfnp | ﺧﻦ/xan | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'eye' | Corresponds to /x/ in Kurukh and /q/ in Malto. | |
| Breton | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'our dog' | ||
| Bulgarian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'quietly' | Described as having "only slight friction" (Script error: No such module "IPA".).[2] | |
| Catalan | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'kharja' | Found in loanwords and interjections. See Catalan phonology | |
| Chechen | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'time' | ||
| Chinese | Mandarin | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'river' | See Standard Chinese phonology |
| Czech | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'guy' | See Czech phonology | |
| Danish | Southern Jutlandic | Script error: No such module "Lang". | [ˈkʰaːx] | 'cake' | See Sønderjysk dialect |
| Dutch | Standard Belgian[3][4] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'deny' | May be post-palatal Template:IPAblink instead. In dialects spoken above the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Waal the corresponding sound is a postvelar-uvular fricative trill Template:IPAblink.[4] See Dutch phonology and Hard and soft G in Dutch |
| Southern Netherlands accents[4][5] | |||||
| English | Scottish | loch | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'loch' | Younger speakers may merge this sound with Template:IPAslink.[6][7] See Scottish English phonology |
| Irish | lough | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'lough' | Occurs only in Gaelic borrowings. See Irish English phonology | |
| Scouse[8] | book | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'book' | A syllable-final allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". (lenition). | |
| Esperanto | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'monk' | See Esperanto phonology | |
| Estonian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'yes' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Estonian phonology | |
| Eyak | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'traps' | ||
| Finnish | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'coffee' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Finnish phonology | |
| French | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'jota' | Occurs only in loanwords (from Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, etc.). See French phonology | |
| GeorgianTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'stick' | ||
| German | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'book' | See Standard German phonology | |
| Greek | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'art' | See Modern Greek phonology | |
| Hebrew | Biblical | Script error: No such module "Lang"./Michael | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'Michael' | See Biblical Hebrew phonology |
| Hindustani | Hindi | Script error: No such module "Lang"./xuśī | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'happiness' | Occurs only in loanwords. May be replaced in Hindi with Script error: No such module "IPA".. Can be retracted. See Hindustani phonology |
| Urdu | Script error: No such module "Lang"./xuśī | ||||
| Hungarian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'with a shah' | See Hungarian phonology | |
| Icelandic | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'October' | See Icelandic phonology | |
| Indonesian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'typical' | Occurs in Arabic loanwords. Often pronounced as [h] or [k] by some Indonesians. See Indonesian phonology | |
| Irish | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'drink' | See Irish phonology | |
| Japanese | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'Mach' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA"..[9] See Japanese phonology | |
| Kabardian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / khy | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'sea' | ||
| Kazakh | ханзада / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'prince' | ||
| Korean | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'bargaining' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". before Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Korean phonology | |
| Kurdish | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'house' | See Kurdish phonology | |
| KurukhTemplate:Sfnp | कुँड़ुख़/kũṛux | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'Kurukh' | Corresponds to /x/ in Brahui and /q/ in Malto. | |
| Limburgish[10][11] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'air' | The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect. See Maastrichtian dialect phonology and Hard and soft G in Dutch | |
| Lishan Didan | Urmi Dialect | חלבא / xalwa | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'milk' | Generally post-velar |
| Lithuanian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'choir' | Occurs only in loanwords (usually international words) | |
| Lojban | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'letter' | ||
| Macedonian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'Ohrid' | See Macedonian phonology | |
| Malay | اﺧير / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'last', 'end' | Occurs in Arabic loanwords. Often pronounced as [h] or [k]. See Malay phonology | |
| khidmat | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'service' | Allophone of /kʰ/. See Malay phonology | ||
| Manx | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'easy' | ||
| Nepali | Script error: No such module "Lang"./ā̃khā | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'eye' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Nepali phonology | |
| Norwegian | Urban EastTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'hate' | Possible allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". near back vowels; can be voiced Template:IPAblink between two voiced sounds.Template:Sfnp See Norwegian phonology |
| Pashto | Script error: No such module "Lang". / axta | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'occupied' | See Pashto phonology | |
| Persian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / doxtär | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'daughter' | See Persian phonology | |
| PolishTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'bread' | Also (in great majority of dialects) represented orthographically by Template:Angbr. See Polish phonology | |
| Portuguese | Fluminense | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'art' | In free variation with Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink before voiceless consonants |
| General BrazilianTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'rose' | Some dialects. An allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Portuguese phonology | |
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | Script error: No such module "Lang"./xabar | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'news' | Less frequent and may merge with /kʰ/ in Gurmukhi varieties. |
| Shahmukhi | Script error: No such module "Lang"./xabar | ||||
| Romanian | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'patronal feast of a church' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Romanian phonology | |
| RussianTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'good' | See Russian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic[12] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'bridge' | See Scottish Gaelic phonology | |
| Serbo-Croatian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'oak' | See Serbo-Croatian phonology | |
| Slovak | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'guy' | ||
| Slovene | Standard | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'greed' | See Slovene phonology |
| Some dialects | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'god' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". before voiceless obstruents or pause. See Slovene phonology | |
| Somali | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'ink' | Also occurs allophone of /q/ in Arabic loan words. See Somali phonology | |
| SpanishTemplate:Sfnp | Latin AmericanTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'eye' | May be glottal instead;Template:Sfnp in northern and central Spain it is often post-velarTemplate:Sfnp[13]Template:Sfnp or uvular /χ/.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See Spanish phonology |
| Southern SpainTemplate:Sfnp | |||||
| Sylheti | Script error: No such module "Lang"./xobor | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'news' | ||
| Tachelhit | ixf | [ixf] | 'head' | ||
| Taqbaylit | axaṭar | [ɑχɑtˤɑr] | 'because' | ||
| Tagalog | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'why' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". in intervocalic positions. See Tagalog phonology | |
| Tamil | Brahmin Tamil, Sri Lankan Tamil (non-standard) | பகை/pakai | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'hate' | Intervocalic singular /k/ has debuccalized for most except in Brahmin and Sri Lankan Tamil. In total it can be [kʰ x ɡ ɣ ɣʰ h][14] |
| TodaTemplate:Sfnp | pax | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'smoke' | ||
| Turkish[15] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'linden' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA"..[15] See Turkish phonology | |
| Turkmen | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'cunning' (noun) | ||
| Tyap | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 1. 'calabash'; 2. 'prostitute' | ||
| Xhosa | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'to cancel' | ||
| Ukrainian | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'boy' | See Ukrainian phonology | |
| UzbekTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'last' | Post-velar. Occurs in environments different from word-initially and pre-consonantally, otherwise it is pre-velar.Template:Sfnp | |
| VietnameseTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'no', 'not', 'zero' | See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Yaghan | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'here' | ||
| Yi | Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'good' | ||
| Zapotec | TilquiapanTemplate:Sfnp | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'better' | Used primarily in loanwords from Spanish |
See also
Notes
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