In Danish and most southern varieties of German, the "lenis" consonants transcribed for historical reasons as ⟨b d ɡ⟩ are distinguished from their fortis counterparts ⟨p t k⟩, mainly in their lack of aspiration.
The "lenis" consonants are distinguished from their modern counterparts by what?
{'text': 'their lack of aspiration', 'answer_start': 186}