Mirad Grammar/Syllabification
- 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).
| Example | Syllabified |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| vay....indeed | vay |
| tambwa....settled | tam-bwa |
| faof....plank | fa-of |
| twoyba....he-she | twoy-ba |
| yansauna....common | yan-sa-u-na |