| 31. | The contrast between fortis and lenis consonants has been interpreted as a distinction between geminate and non-geminate consonants.
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| 32. | Gustavo Alberto Lenis, presidente de la aerolinea colombiana Avianca, ascendio en la compania tras negociaciones exitosas con los sindicatos.
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| 33. | The sibilants IAST c and [ he expressed with spiritus asper and lenis, respectively ( s?, s? ).
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| 34. | Length is part of the distinction, but so is articulatory strength, so they have been analyzed as fortis and lenis.
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| 35. | There is a hypothesis that the contrast between fortis and lenis consonants is related to the contrast between voiceless and voiced consonants.
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| 36. | Certain consonants ( in particular the fricatives and the lenis coronals ) are rare in initial position except as a result of lenition.
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| 37. | The corresponding standard southern ( Southern German, Austrian, Swiss ) pronunciations contain lenis consonants in this position : and, respectively.
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| 38. | Such sounds are often referred to informally as lenis or half-Xhosa, slack-voiced consonants have usually been transcribed as breathy voice.
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| 39. | Of course, being relative, what fortis and lenis mean in one language will not in general correspond to what they mean in another.
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| 40. | There is a difference of energy ( see : Fortis and lenis ), the fortis being pronounced with more muscular tension than the lenis.
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