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Consonant X has two sounds. Although rare, when consonant X is at the beginning of a word, it will make a voiced sound: /z/, /z/, /z/, xylophone.
Words that start with X are uncommon Greek words, such as “xanthic” or “xenophobe”; or proper nouns, such as “Xerox” or “Xander”.


/z/


z


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˘zz

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