Thread: Pronunciation of "x"

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by TATY

No, phonetically, Spanish R is nothing like Russian х.

Who said that?... Nobody.

Originally Posted by TATY

FRENCH R has a similar sound, yes

Not at all.

1. My mistake, he said Portuguese R.

From Wikipedia: About Portuguese R:

In Brazil, on the other hand, it has developed into a voiceless velar fricative [x]*, voiceless uvular fricative [χ] or a voiceless glottal fricative [h],[1] although the trill remains frequent in the three southernmost states and in the city of S