Specialty Particles
In quanafi the words for the parts of speech fulfil grammatical purposes as well and act as words in their own right
anila- noun
this makes a word or phrase into a noun and lets it behave as a noun
literally: object
with ri - to nominalize
ri- verb
this makes a word or phrase into a verb and lets it behave as a verb
literally: to happen, to occur
with anila = occurance, happening, event
chiv - adjective/adverb
this makes a word or phrase into a modifier and lets it behave as a modifier
literally: descriptive
with ri = to modify, to describe
with anila = modifier
ya - preposition
literally: on
with anila = location
with ri = to place
An example of how to use these:
English speak anila is common. Anila is the latest lingua franca. Quanafi don't ri. Chiv people live in many countries. Ya monolingualism is common.
alphabet - balapara (first two letters of the quanafi alphabet, of course :P)
talk, speak = an
language, dialect = anan
unalia = conlang (note that this is its own unanalyzable root)
aimu = writing (paper echo)
negative, no = rel (i may change this, too similar to rele [bad]
positive, yes = chel