Velar fricative explained

A velar fricative is a fricative consonant produced at the velar place of articulation. It is possible to distinguish the following kinds of velar fricatives:

• Voiced velar fricative, a consonant sound written as (IPA|ɣ) in the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Voiceless velar fricative, a consonant sound written as (IPA|x) in the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Velar ejective fricative, a consonant sound written as (IPA|xʼ) in the International Phonetic Alphabet

These are not to be confused with velarized fricatives, like pronounced as /sˠ/ or pronounced as /xˠ/, where the velarization is a form of secondary articulation.