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Early Old Thai also apparently had velar fricatives as distinct phonemes.
The sound is thinner and there is some sibilance in the highs of some songs.

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Open the tool →擦音 (cā yīn) means “fricative”.
擦音 is pronounced cā yīn in Mandarin Chinese.
“fricative” is 擦音 (cā yīn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 擦音, each with pinyin and an English translation.