Gheada

Gheada in the Galician language is the debuccalization of the phoneme /g/ (voiced velar stop) resulting in one of the following variations:

At times, the sound is also articulated as [x] voiceless velar fricative like in some Peninsular Spanish pronunciations of "jamón".

Gheada is predominant in Spain's Galician-speaking region and attested throughout its western half: in the provinces of A Coruña, Pontevedra, the westernmost part of Lugo, and the western half of Ourense. In the last two provinces, however, gheada is declining.