Xhw (trigraph)

Xhw (trigraph)

Xhw is a trigraph used in Canadian Tlingit to write the sound IPA|/χʷ/, which in Alaska is written "xw."

It is also used in Xhosa, Zulu to represent the labialized aspirated click, IPA|/k͡ǁʰʷ/.


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