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In southern dialects of Dutch (that is, those spoken roughly below the rivers [[Rhine]], [[Meuse]] and [[Waal (river)|Waal]]),{{sfnp|Gussenhoven|1999|p=74}} the distinction between the phonemes {{IPA|/x/}} and {{IPA|/ɣ/}} is usual, with both realized as cardinal velars {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|x}}, {{IPAplink|ɣ}}]}} or post-palatal {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ç˗}}, {{IPAplink|ʝ˗}}]}}, hereafter represented without the diacritics. The allophony between those two types of fricatives is termed '''soft G''' in Dutch dialectology.{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|1982}}{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003}} It is almost the same as the distinction between the {{lang|de|Ach-Laut}} and the {{lang|de|Ich-Laut}} in [[German language|German]], with an additional contrast of voicing.
In northern dialects of Dutch, the distinction (if present at all) is not consistent and is best described as a [[Fortis and lenis|fortis–lenis]] contrast, rather than a contrast of voicing. In those varieties, {{IPA|/x/}} and {{IPA|/ɣ/}} are no more front than cardinal velars
Speakers normally use those pronunciations in both standard language and the local dialect. The only exception to that are speakers from the southern Netherlands that have undergone accent reduction training, in which case they will use a trill fricative when speaking standard Dutch. It is very rare for speakers to use the hard G when speaking [[Brabantian]] or [[Limburgish]].
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