Mirad Grammar/Syllabification

100% Every syllable in Mirad contains one and only one vowel. A y when final or followed by a consonant is used to post-y-glide or diphthongize the previous vowel and is therefore considered part of the syllable in which that vowel is the nucleus (see case 2, below). Similarly, the liquids r and l, when final or followed by a consonant are considered to be a part of the syllable where the preceding vowel is the nucleus (see case 4, below). Two vowels in a row form two syllabic nuclei (see cases 3, 6, and 7, below). How syllables are divided is important for determining where the stress accent goes in a word (see Mirad_Grammar/Stress, below). + Syllabification Example Syllabified (+ = syllable boundary) ama.....hot a+ma ayma.....warm ay+ma aymsea.....warming up aym+se+a pixwa....caught pix+wa upayo....will have come u+pa+yo vyaa....true vya+a vyaay....truly vya+ay tambwa....settled tam+bwa faof....plank fa+of twoyba....he-she twoy+ba yansauna....common yan+sa+u+na gaw-ejaxer....renovate gaw+e+ja+xer gawa....another ga+wa If a y glide comes between vowels, a hyphen is used to indicate that the glide belongs to the previous syllable, otherwise there is no need for a hyphen: zoyeper....to enter through the rear (< zo....rear + yeper....to enter) zoy-aber....to put back on ( < zoy....back + aber....to put on zoyper....to return (< zoy....back + per....to go) zoy-uzber....to revert (< zoy....back + uzber....to turn) zoyuzber....to circle behind (< zo....rear + yuzber....to circle) zay-azbuxer....to frogmarch (zay....forth + azbuxer....to push forcibly zayazasun....protuberance (< za....front + yazasun....swelling If a w glide becomes between vowels, there is no need to use a comma to indicate that the w belongs to the previous vowel because, in practice, there are no known ambiguities with that letter in Mirad. The syllable gaw meaning re- in verbs, is always pronounced as if the w ends the syllable. gawa....once again (< ga....more + wa....stub for awa....one) gawaber....reapply (< gaw....re- + aber....apply) Pronunciation Stress