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From: rharmsen@knoware.nl (Ruud Harmsen)
Subject: Re: Question About the Letter X
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In article <acaw1-1606951310200001@mac110.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk> acaw1@phx.cam.ac.uk (Andrew Woode) writes:
>> It is the sound represented by the Hebrew HET, or the Spanish G/J
>> Dutch G etc.
Strictly, Dutch has _two_ such sounds, one voiced and one voiceless. That is, 
most speakers (not all) distinguish them. I have a detailed description of 
Dutch sounds available for anyone interested.

>The (Modern Hebrew) het (Phonetic [x] did not exist in either Latin or Greek. 
>(The ancient Hebrew Het was a voiceless pharyngeal fricative- some Hebrew
>speakers are alleged still to pronounce it as such).  
To clarify that, that is the sound still heard in Arabic, in word like Hamas, 
or Muhammad.
