A velar fricative is a fricative consonant produced at the velar place of articulation. It is possible to distinguish the following kinds of velar fricatives:
Voiced velar fricative, a consonant sound written as ⟨ɣ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Voiceless velar fricative, a consonant sound written as ⟨x⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Velar ejective fricative, a consonant sound written as ⟨xʼ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
These are not to be confused with velarized fricatives, like sˠ or xˠ, where the velarization is a form of secondary articulation.
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