Although stress in Mirad is not marked and is not phonemic, i.e. not semantically distinctive, in all words of more than one syllable, the stress occurs on the last, non-final vowel, including glided vowels. The following chart gives some examples:
Stress
Mirad Word With Stress and Syllabification Marked
tejna....vital tej-na
igay....quickly i-gay1
alayn....eleventh a-layn
Mirad....Mirad Mi-rad
booka....tired bo-o-ka2
bookan....fatigue bo-o-kan
akea....winning a-ke-a
oyse....lacks oy-se
byoskyin....pendulum byos-kyin
pyaon....wave pya-on
tooyba....female to-oy-ba
1 Here ay is a single post-y-glided vowel, and final, so it is not stressed.
2 Two vowels in a row are pronounced in two syllables.
Here is a small passage where the stress of vowels in shown by boldfacing:
Hya tobi taje yiva ay gea be utfiz ay doyivi. Yit bulwe texyaf ay tyaf ay yeyfe hyuitaxler tidyenay.
All men are born equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another as brothers.