Context: 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.

Question: How are lenis consonants distinguished from fortis consonants?
Answer: their lack of aspiration

Question: If the lenis are ⟨b d ɡ⟩, what are the fortis counterparts?
Answer: ⟨p t k⟩

Question: What is often transcribed for numerical reasons?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In English, "lenis" consonants are know as what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The "lenis" consonants are distinguished from their modern counterparts by what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Fortis counterparts are known as what in the Spanish language?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Fortis counterparts are translated as what in the Chinese language?
Answer: Unanswerable