x - Velar fricative

Velar fricative

This video will help you to learn to make and describe the soft x, the velar fricative. It is a kind of a hissy sound in the middle of your mouth. This sound is written with the plain x in Halq'eméylem.


You will find a Power Point to help you teach this sound in the materials section below.

Name Description File
x PPT power point to support teaching x Preview Download
Poster Poster describing the x sound Preview Download