| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|
| Abaza | хьзы /xzë | [xʲzə] | 'name' | |
| Adyghe | хы /xë | [xəː]ⓘ | 'six' | |
| Afrikaans | groot | [χrʊət] | 'big' | |
| Albanian | gjuha | [ɟuxɑ] | 'language' | Allophone of/h/. SeeAlbanian phonology |
| Aleut | Atkan dialect | alax | [ɑlɑx] | 'two' | |
| Arabic | Modern Standard | ﺧﻀراء | [xadˤraːʔ] | 'green' (f.) | May be velar, post-velar or uvular, depending on dialect.[1] SeeArabic phonology |
| Armenian | խրոխտ/xëroxt | [χəˈɾoχt] | 'brave' | |
| Assamese | অসমীয়া/oxomia | [ɔxɔmia] | 'Assamese' | |
| Assyrian | ܚܡܫܐxemša | [xεmʃa] | 'five' | |
| Avar | чeхь /čex | [tʃex] | 'belly' | |
| Azerbaijani | xoş /хош/ﺧﻮش | [xoʃ] | 'pleasant' | |
| Basque | Some speakers[2] | jan | [xän] | 'to eat' | Either velar or post-velar.[2] For other speakers it's[j~ʝ~ɟ].[3] |
| Blackfoot[4] | ᖻᖳᐦᓱᖽᐧ /naaáhsiksi | [naːáxsik͡si̥] | 'my grandparents' | Sometimes /x/ becomes allophone /h/ in beginning of words like "hánnia!" Really! Or becomes allphone /ç/ after i/ii like ihkitsika seven. |
| Brahui[5] | ﺧﻦ/xan | [xan] | 'eye' | Corresponds to /x/ inKurukh and /q/ inMalto. |
| Breton | horc'hi | [horxiː] | 'our dog' | |
| Bulgarian | тихо /tiho | [ˈt̪ixo]ⓘ | 'quietly' | Described as having "only slight friction" ([x̞]).[6] |
| Catalan | kharja | [ˈxaɾ(d)ʑə] | 'kharja' | Found in loanwords and interjections. SeeCatalan phonology |
| Chechen | хан /xan | [xɑːn] | 'time' | |
| Chinese | Mandarin | 河 /hé | [xɤ˧˥] | 'river' | SeeStandard Chinese phonology |
| Czech | chlap | [xlap] | 'guy' | SeeCzech phonology |
| Danish | SouthernJutlandic | kage | [ˈkʰaːx] | 'cake' | SeeSønderjysk dialect |
| Dutch | StandardBelgian[7][8] | loochen | [ˈloː.xən]ⓘ | 'deny' | May be post-palatal[ç̠] instead. In dialects spoken above the riversRhine,Meuse andWaal the corresponding sound is a postvelar-uvular fricative trill[ʀ̝̊˖].[8] SeeDutch phonology andHard and soft G in Dutch |
| Southern Netherlands accents[8][9] |
| English | Scottish | loch | [ɫɔx] | 'loch' | Younger speakers maymerge this sound with/k/.[10][11] SeeScottish English phonology |
| Irish | lough | [lɑx] | 'lough' | Occurs only inGaelic borrowings. SeeIrish English phonology |
| Scouse[12] | book | [bʉːx] | 'book' | A syllable-final allophone of/k/ (lenition). |
| Esperanto | monaĥo | [moˈnaxo] | 'monk' | SeeEsperanto phonology |
| Estonian | jah | [jɑx] | 'yes' | Allophone of/h/. SeeEstonian phonology |
| Eyak | duxł | [tʊxɬ] | 'traps' | |
| Finnish | kahvi | [ˈkɑxʋi] | 'coffee' | Allophone of/h/. SeeFinnish phonology |
| French | jota | [xɔta] | 'jota' | Occurs only in loanwords (from Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, etc.). SeeFrench phonology |
| Georgian[13] | ჯოხი /joxi | [ˈdʒɔxi] | 'stick' | |
| German | Buch | [buːx]ⓘ | 'book' | SeeStandard German phonology |
| Greek | τέχνη /téchnî | [ˈte̞xni] | 'art' | SeeModern Greek phonology |
| Hebrew | Biblical | מִיכָאֵל/Michael | [mixaʔel] | 'Michael' | SeeBiblical Hebrew phonology |
| Hindustani | Hindi | ख़ुशी/xuśī | [xʊʃiː] | 'happiness' | Occurs only in loanwords. May be replaced in Hindi with/kʰ/. Can be retracted. SeeHindustani phonology |
| Urdu | ﺧوشی/xuśī |
| Hungarian | sahhal | [ʃɒxːɒl] | 'with a shah' | SeeHungarian phonology |
| Icelandic | október | [ˈɔxtoːupɛr̥] | 'October' | SeeIcelandic phonology |
| Indonesian | khas | [xas] | 'typical' | Occurs in Arabic loanwords. Often pronounced as [h] or [k] by some Indonesians. SeeIndonesian phonology |
| Irish | deoch | [dʲɔ̝̈x] | 'drink' | SeeIrish phonology |
| Japanese | マッハ /mahha | [maxːa] | 'Mach' | Allophone of/h/.[14] SeeJapanese phonology |
| Kabardian | хы /khy | [xəː]ⓘ | 'sea' | |
| Kazakh | ханзада /hanzada | [xanzada] | 'prince' | |
| Korean | 흥정 /heungjeong | [xɯŋd͡ʑʌ̹ŋ] | 'bargaining' | Allophone of/h/ before/ɯ/. SeeKorean phonology |
| Kurdish | xanî | [xɑːˈniː] | 'house' | SeeKurdish phonology |
| Kurukh[15] | कुँड़ुख़/kũṛux | [kũɽux] | 'Kurukh' | Corresponds to /x/ inBrahui and /q/ inMalto. |
| Limburgish[16][17] | loch | [lɔx] | 'air' | The example word is from theMaastrichtian dialect. SeeMaastrichtian dialect phonology andHard and soft G in Dutch |
| Lishan Didan | Urmi Dialect | חלבא/ xalwa | [xalwɑ] | 'milk' | Generally post-velar |
| Lithuanian | choras | [ˈxɔrɐs̪] | 'choir' | Occurs only in loanwords (usually international words) |
| Lojban | xatra | [xatra] | 'letter' | |
| Macedonian | Охрид /Ohrid | [ˈɔxrit]ⓘ | 'Ohrid' | SeeMacedonian phonology |
| Malay | اﺧير /akhir | [axir] | 'last', 'end' | Occurs in Arabic loanwords. Often pronounced as [h] or [k]. SeeMalay phonology |
| Manx | aashagh | [ˈɛːʒax] | 'easy' | |
| Nepali | आँखा/ā̃khā | [ä̃xä] | 'eye' | Allophone of/kʰ/. SeeNepali phonology |
| Norwegian | Urban East[18] | hat | [xɑːt] | 'hate' | Possible allophone of/h/ near back vowels; can be voiced[ɣ] between two voiced sounds.[18] SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Pashto | اخته / axta | [ax.t̪a] | 'occupied' | SeePashto phonology |
| Persian | دُخـتَر / doxtär | [doxˈtær] | 'daughter' | SeePersian phonology |
| Polish[19] | chleb | [xlɛp] | 'bread' | Also (in great majority of dialects) represented orthographically by⟨h⟩. SeePolish phonology |
| Portuguese | Fluminense | arte | [ˈaxtɕi] | 'art' | In free variation with[χ],[ʁ],[ħ] and[h] before voiceless consonants |
| GeneralBrazilian[20] | rosa | [ˈxɔzɐ] | 'rose' | Some dialects. An allophone of/ʁ/. SeePortuguese phonology |
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਖ਼ਬਰ/xabar | [xəbəɾ] | 'news' | Less frequent and may merge with /kʰ/ in Gurmukhi varieties. |
| Shahmukhi | ﺧﺒر/xabar |
| Romanian | hram | [xräm] | 'patronal feast of a church' | Allophone of/h/. SeeRomanian phonology |
| Russian[21] | хороший /horošij | [xɐˈr̠ʷo̞ʂɨ̞j]ⓘ | 'good' | SeeRussian phonology |
| Scottish Gaelic[22] | drochaid | [ˈt̪ɾɔxɪtʲ] | 'bridge' | SeeScottish Gaelic phonology |
| Serbo-Croatian | храст /hrast | [xrâːst] | 'oak' | SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology |
| Slovak | chlap | [xɫäp] | 'guy' | |
| Slovene | Standard | pohlep | [poˈxlɛ̂p] | 'greed' | SeeSlovene phonology |
| Some dialects | bog | [ˈbôːx] | 'god' | Allophone of/ɣ/ before voiceless obstruents or pause. SeeSlovene phonology |
| Somali | khad | [xad] | 'ink' | Also occurs allophone of /q/ in Arabic loan words. SeeSomali phonology |
| Spanish[23] | Latin American[24] | ojo | [ˈo̞xo̞] | 'eye' | May beglottal instead;[24] in northern and central Spain it is often post-velar[24][25][26] oruvular /χ/.[26][27] SeeSpanish phonology |
| SouthernSpain[24] |
| Sylheti | ꠈꠛꠞ/xobor | [xɔ́bɔɾ] | 'news' | |
| Tachelhit | ixf | [ixf] | 'head' | |
| Taqbaylit | axaṭar | [ɑχɑtˤɑr] | 'because' | |
| Tagalog | bakit | [baxit] | 'why' | Allophone of/k/ in intervocalic positions. SeeTagalog phonology |
| Tamil | Brahmin Tamil,Sri Lankan Tamil (non-standard) | பகை/pakai | [pɐxɛ(i̯)] | 'hate' | Intervocalic singular /k/ hasdebuccalized for most except in Brahmin and Sri Lankan Tamil. In total it can be [kʰ x ɡ ɣ ɣʰ h][28] |
| Toda[29] | pax | [pax] | 'smoke' | |
| Turkish[30] | ıhlamur | [ɯxlämuɾ] | 'linden' | Allophone of/h/.[30] SeeTurkish phonology |
| Turkmen | hile | [xiːle] | 'cunning' (noun) | |
| Tyap | kham | [xam] | 1. 'calabash'; 2. 'prostitute' | |
| Xhosa | rhoxisa | [xɔkǁiːsa] | 'to cancel' | |
| Ukrainian | хлопець /hlopeć | [ˈxɫɔ̝pɛt͡sʲ] | 'boy' | SeeUkrainian phonology |
| Uzbek[31] | oxirgi | [ɒxirgi] | 'last' | Post-velar. Occurs in environments different from word-initially and pre-consonantally, otherwise it ispre-velar.[31] |
| Vietnamese[32] | không | [xəwŋ͡m˧] | 'no', 'not', 'zero' | SeeVietnamese phonology |
| Yaghan | xan | [xan] | 'here' | |
| Yi | ꉾ /he | [xɤ˧] | 'good' | |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[33] | mejor | [mɘxoɾ] | 'better' | Used primarily in loanwords fromSpanish |