This flashcard defines lenis sounds as articulated with less muscular effort and breath force, can be voiced (unlike fortis sounds), and allow full vowel length before a final lenis consonant.
This flashcard defines lenis sounds as articulated with less muscular effort and breath force, can be voiced (unlike fortis sounds), and allow full vowel length before a final lenis consonant.
| term | Lenis sounds |
|---|---|
| definition | -with less muscular effort and less breath force -may be voiced (opposed to fortis sounds that are always voiceless) -may be voiced -vowels have full length before a final lenis consonant |
| describe | y |
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