To say Xa’isla, touch your throat. Say the German “ach” or Scottish “loch.” When you say the first part, the “Xa,” say it from far back in your throat. The apostrophe between the syllables signals both an emphasis and a pause. Say “uh-uh,” the way you’d say it if you were telling a child not to touch a stove. Put that same pause between the first and last syllables of Xa’isla.
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