EDIT Articulation

+ German [ɪks]
+ English [ɛks]
+ French [iks]

+ Source //
Mangold, Max. Duden. Das Aussprachewörterbuch. 6. Auflage. Bibliographisches
Institut F. A. Brockhaus AG: Mannheim, 2005.

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EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Consonant
+ Example in German // Bach (stream) [bax]
+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown
+ Origin // Latin alphabet, small letter

+ In the IPA since 1887
+ IPA number 140

+ This sound can be found in Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Esperanto, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Persian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Somalia, Spanish and Vietnamese.


Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›open front unrounded vowel‹


+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

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