Sentences with LENIS
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"The lenis consonant is produced with less tension in the vocal cords."
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"In phonetics, lenis describes a sound that is soft or weak."
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"The lenis fricative /v/ is pronounced with less force than the corresponding fortis /f/."
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"Some languages make a distinction between lenis and fortis stops."
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"The lenis plosive /b/ is voiced and produced with less breath pressure than the fortis /p/."
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"In Slavic languages, lenis consonants can have different phonological functions."
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"In Old English, lenis consonants occurred mainly in unstressed syllables."
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"The lenis voiced fricative /ð/ is produced with less constriction than the voiceless /θ/."
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"The lenis consonants in English are /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/."
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"The lenis stops are not aspirated in English."
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"The pronunciation of the word 'cat' has a lenis /t/."
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"The lenis /z/ sound is heard in the word 'zoo'."
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"In some languages, the contrast between fortis and lenis consonants can indicate meaning."
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"The lenis /b/ sound can be found in words like 'bed' and 'cab'."
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"The lenis /g/ sound can be heard in words like 'game' and 'egg'."
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"The lenis /d/ sound can be found in words like 'dog' and 'ride'."
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"The lenis /v/ sound can be heard in words like 'vet' and 'live'."
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"Some languages have a lenis /θ/ sound."
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"The word 'treasure' has a lenis /ʒ/ sound in English."
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"The lenis /dʒ/ sound can be heard in words like 'judge' and 'hedge'."
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"The lenis /z/ sound is heard in words like 'buzz' and 'fizz'."
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"The lenis /b/ sound is found in the word 'baby'."
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"The lenis /d/ sound can be heard in words like 'door' and 'ready'."
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"Some languages have a lenis /ɣ/ sound."
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"The lenis /v/ sound is heard in words like 'love' and 'give'."
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"The lenis /ð/ sound can be found in words like 'the' and 'bathe'."
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"In some languages, the lenis /ʑ/ sound can be heard."
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"The lenis /dʑ/ sound can be found in some Japanese words."
