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Ch Puerto Rico X Voiceless Velar Fricative Found

Symbol x
Name Voiceless Velar Fricative
Notes Not found in Modern English. Like Scottish Loch Ness and German Bach. It is the pronunciation of Spanish j and g (before e/i) in most dialects : jefe, José, general, gitano (a few dialects, such as Caribbean Spanish, pronounce them as [h] instead). In parts of Puerto Rico the rolled r is pronounced this way: Puerto Rico [pueltoxiko].
Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative

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