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