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).

Syllabification

CASE	EXAMPLE	SYLLABIFIED
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