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kh-ah-ya
But it's going to be "Hiya, Chaya!"
The Hebrew ch (het) sound is quite challenging. Chaya was sometimes traditionally given to Jewish babies who were sickly and in mortal danger, or being named after a relative who had died young, to stave off the same fate since it means "life" - e.g. Chaya Rivka.
I don't see it as a name in the general community - it's not easily transferred, unlike Chana (Hannah) or Chava (Eva).