Vayoti quite freely and expressively aspirates its consonants, similarly to Armenian, English and, in some ways, the Irish language. A consonant may be even more forcefully aspirated for semantic emphasis.
Every Vayoti word contains a primary stress, in the form of an "uptick" in pitch (like in English). This, and the language's complete lack of diphthongs, would incline the language to a staccato, machine-gun-like delivery, something Hindi-like or Spanish-like. This is modified, however, by the language's insistence on subtly elongating syllables concluding in voiced consonants, most especially final consonants ending in -v, -m, -z, -n, -r. (Where the elongated syllable is not the primary stress, it is effectively a seconday stress.) It is this elongating affect of the voiced consonants that "slows down" the language and adds that faint suggestion of "Italian" melody.
The letters "tl" and "kl" are somewhat reminiscent to the Welsh pronunciation of "ll."
The letters "tl" and "kl" are somewhat reminiscent to the Welsh pronunciation of "ll."
