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in reply to a message by Eva
In Spanish, the pronunciation is khah-BIEHR, with a diphthong. The sound of Spanish J is usually represented with a KH and it's more or less the same sound of CH in German or in Scottish "loch".
In Basque (Xabier) is pronounced shah-bee-EHR.
In some old Spanish documents, Javier is spelled Xavier (or Xabier or Javier), because some centuries ago the X had a sound [kh] (it is the same raison of some X in place names as México, Oaxaca, or in surnames as Ximénez, Mexías). But nowadays, the only correct form of the name in Spanish is Javier (orthographical RAE rules order).
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In Basque (Xabier) is pronounced shah-bee-EHR.
In some old Spanish documents, Javier is spelled Xavier (or Xabier or Javier), because some centuries ago the X had a sound [kh] (it is the same raison of some X in place names as México, Oaxaca, or in surnames as Ximénez, Mexías). But nowadays, the only correct form of the name in Spanish is Javier (orthographical RAE rules order).
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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