curprev19:5119:51, 5 February 2017 Mr KEBABtalkcontribs 8,141 bytes+1 Yes, you do - there are millions of native speakers that have a contrastive /ɣ/, especially when non-initial. See e.g. http://npu.edu.ua/!e-book/book/djvu/A/iif_kgpm_Collins_Phonetics_of_English_and_Dutch_pdf.pdf , pages 191-192undo