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).
CASE | EXAMPLE | SYLLABIFIED |
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1 | ama.....hot | a-ma |
2 | ayma.....warm | ay-ma |
3 | aymsea.....warming up | aym-se-a |
4 | pixwa....caught | pix-wa |
5 | upayo....will have come | u-pa-yo |
6 | vyaa....true | vya-a |
7 | vyaay....truly | vya-ay |
8 | vay....indeed | vay |
9 | tambwa....settled | tam-bwa |
10 | faof....plank | fa-of |
11 | twoyba....he-she | twoy-ba |
12 | yansauna....common | yan-sa-u-na |