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Letter x

CONTENTS: [ Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Writing Animation:
click on the letter-form label at left to open a pop-up window

The detached letter x: [voiceless velar fricative] [SOUND]
A word-initial x:

news

[SOUND]
xabara
A word-medial x: throne [SOUND]
taxtu
A word-final x: direction; also attitude [SOUND]
ruxu
* This letter only appears in Arabic and Persian borrowings

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the consonant [x]. It is pronounced with the tongue in the same position as for [k] in American English (as in "king"), but it is a soft hissy (fricative) sound and not a full stop. This fricative sound does not occur in American English, but it is the same sound that occurs in German at the end of the name "Bach". See SCRIPT BASICS: LETTERS USED ONLY IN ARABIC WORDS for more information.

Exercises

1. Visual Discrimination Exercise

Click here for an interactive game

[make sure to close each pop-up window before opening the next one]

2. Writing Exercise

Print out the PDF file and follow the instructions to practice writing x: x.pdf