For folks that may be wondering how the word “Xumucane” is pronounced, along with most of the other names that I use that begin with the letter X, like “Xibalba” and “Xola” — the X is pronounced with a “Sh” sound. So it’s like — “Shoo-moo-cah-nay” for “Xumucane” and “Show-lah” for “Xola” and “She-bal-baah” for “Xibalba” and another example would be the …
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