The basic units of Miwāfu are syllables. These are represented as a single glyph in the written language and spoken as a single unit. They are also the basis of the penultimate accent on the final word of a phrase.

Syllable Chart

*	w	r	m	p	b	h	n	d	t	z	s	g	k	f
a	wa	ra	ma	pa	ba	ha	na	da	ta	za	sa	ga	ka	fa
e	we	re	me	pe	be	he	ne	de	te	ze	se	ge	ke	fe
i	wi	ri	mi	pi	bi	hi	ni		chi	ji	shi	gi	ki	fi
o	wo	ro	mo	po	bo	ho	no	do	to	jo	so	go	ko	fo
u	wu	ru	mu	pu	bu	hu	nu		tsu	zu	su	gu	ku	fu
ya		rya	mya	pya	bya	hya	nya		chya	jya	shya	gya	kya
yo		ryo	myo	pyo	byo	hyo	nyo		chyo	jyo	shyo	gyo	kyo
yu		ryu	myu	pyu	byu	hyu	nyu		chyu	jyu	shyu	gyu	kyu
							n

Penultimate Accents

For the penultimate (second to the last) syllable of the final word in a phrase, there is an accent which identifies the gender. This gender can be literal (as with most creatures) or representative of scope.

a	e	i	o	u	Typical meanings
à	è	ì	ò	ù	Masculine, wild, larger, power
ā	ē	ī	ō	ū	Child, neutral, many
á	é	í	ó	ú	Feminine, control, smaller, accurate

While “n” can be a syllable on its own, it is never used in the penultimate location.

When listed in dictionaries and word lists, accents are in the above order (masculine, neuter, female).

Design Notes

The primary reason that “n” cannot be accented is technical. It is very difficult to find a font that handles macron accents over vowels correctly, but almost impossible to find one that handles acute, grave, and macro accents on “n”.