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The largest step from natural languages in Vallenan is its grammar. Every aspect of grammar, from word order to syntax, is instead conveyed in a suffix. A word on it's own with no suffixes isn't bound to tense, amount, aspects, definiteness, evidence, validity or case. It isn't a noun, a verb or an adjective. It is simply an abstract concept of the meaning. Gata (cat) doesn't just mean cat, it means the idea of what makes a cat. The sounds, shape, movement of a cat. It could mean anything from "like a cat" to "a cat" to "to do something with a cat" to even "not a cat". Root word in Vallenan are essentially meaningless. | The largest step from natural languages in Vallenan is its grammar. Every aspect of grammar, from word order to syntax, is instead conveyed in a suffix. A word on it's own with no suffixes isn't bound to tense, amount, aspects, definiteness, evidence, validity or case. It isn't a noun, a verb or an adjective. It is simply an abstract concept of the meaning. Gata (cat) doesn't just mean cat, it means the idea of what makes a cat. The sounds, shape, movement of a cat. It could mean anything from "like a cat" to "a cat" to "to do something with a cat" to even "not a cat". Root word in Vallenan are essentially meaningless. | ||
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