Mirad Grammar/Stress


 * 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:


 * 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.