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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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