[lojban-beginners] Re: Pronouncing "x"

[Ronald Guida <ronguida@mindspring.com>]

Evan Wilson wrote:
> Ronald (I hope you don't mind that I address you rather informally),
>
> I took a different approach on learning how to pronounce the Lojban "x". 
> I happen to have studied the Persian (Farsi) alphabet, and it has the 
> character "خ" or "khe" which seems to be similar if not exact to the 
> Lojban "x". A sound recording of "خ" can be found here: 
> http://easypersian.com/W4/khe_4.mp3
> (Reminds me a bit of Hebrew)
>
> Even if you do already have that confidently figured out, perhaps it 
> will help in confirmation?
>
> -Termy

Yes, that sounds very similar to my "X".  Also Wikipedia's Persian 
alphabet article(1) confirms that "khe" is pronounced as "X".

Thank you for the example sound.
-- Ron

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_alphabet