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Spanish letter x

This letter can exhibit four sounds: /ks/ (Voiceless velar stop+Voiceless alveolar fricative), /s/ (Voiceless alveolar fricative), /x/ (Voiceless velar fricative), and /ʃ/ (Voiceless postalveolar fricative)

k, s

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Sound 1: Voiceless velar stop+Voiceless alveolar fricative /ks/
	/re̞.fle̞.ksjo̞ˈnäɾ/ (to reflect)	/e̞ks.plo̞.ɾäˈðo̞ɾ/ (explorer)
	/e̞ks.t̪ɾäŋˈxe̞.ɾo̞/ (foreign)	/e̞.ksiˈmiɾ/ (to exempt)
	/e̞.ks.t̪ɾäˈe̞ɾ/ (to extract)	/ˈt̪o̞.ksi.ko̞/ (toxic)
	/t̪e̞ksˈt̪il/ (textile)	/t̪e̞ksˈt̪o̞/ (text)
	/ä.no̞ˈɾe̞k.si.ko̞/ (anorexic)	/e̞ks.t̪ɾä/ (extra)

At start of word.
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Sound 2: Voiceless Alveolar Fricative /s/
	/so̞.ʧiˈmil.ko̞/ (Xochimilco)	/siˈlo̞.fo̞.no̞/ (xylophone)
	/se̞.no̞ˈfo̞.βjä/ (xenophobia)

x
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Sound 3: Voiceless velar fricative /x/
	/ˈme̞.ji.ko̞/ (Mexico)			/o̞äˈjä.kä/ (Oaxaca)

Loans from náhuatl.

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Sound 4: Voiceless Postalveolar fricative /ʃ/
	/ʃo̞.no̞ˈko̞s.t̪le̞/ (xonocostle)

The letter y



	1. a

	2. e

	3. i

	4. o

	5. u

	6. b and v

	7. ce, ci, z

	8. ca, co, cu, qu, k

	9. ch

	10. d

	11. f

	12. ga, go, gu

	13. j, ge, gi

	14. l

	15. ll

	16. m

	17. n

	18. ñ

	19. p

	20. r


	21. s

	22. t

	23. w

	24. x

	25. y

	26. h