Fuck I accidentally used vowel harmony with Lois, you’re correct, I am wrong when I used Lois as an example.

I am struggling to find an example where a single letter being switched allows you to full comprehend how to pronounce Yaoi

Let’s make up an exercise

The ‘a’ in Yaoi is pronounced the same as the ‘a’ when you say ‘ahhh’ in an exasperated tone

The end of Yaoi Sounds similar to ‘ie’ in English, so ‘oi’ => ‘(w)ie’

So, it becomes like:

Yahh-wie