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From: dr@tovna.co.il (Daniel Radzinski)
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



As one natively fluent in both languages, I can tell you that these are quite 
different. To avoid confusion related to the Hebrew HET pronunciation, I will 
talk instead about KHAF.  While Spanish G/J is velar, Hebrew KHAF (and HET for 
most current speakers) is uvular.  I clearly distinguish between the two.  
However, broad phonetic transcriptions tend to use /x/ for Hebrew even though 
the sound in that language is uvular rather than velar.



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Daniel Radzinski
Tovna Translation Machines
Jerusalem, Israel
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