Mirad Grammar/Stress
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- 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:
| 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 |
- 1 Here ay is a single post-y-glided, 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 underlining:
- Hya tobi taje yiva ay gea be utfiz ay doyivi. Yit bulwe bay vyatex ay tyaf ay yeyfe hyuitaxler tidyenay.