Puffish

Classification and Dialects
Puffish or "Bood-Zii-Vah" (/budzivah/)* is the language used by the Puffians "Bood-Zii-Ii-An", an alien race made of pure light.

* Puffish is an alien language with a very different phonology to humans, any IPA's are a made transphonetization of theirs to ours

Phonotactics
first a selection of 0, 1 or 2 consonants

next, either 1 or 2 vowel sounds (They must be the same vowels if it is 2, which will make it change to a different sound, refer to the vowel chart).

Lastly, another 0, 1 or 2 consonant words.

So this means a (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C) structure

For the romanisation, c is used for /θ/, q is used for /ʃ/, j is used for /ʒ/ and x is used for /t͡ʃ/

Grammar
Sentence structures (brackets imply non-neccesary sections):


 * 1) (haat)-bood/bool/book-NOUN/VERB bliiy-(tense) (haat)-bood/bool/book-NOUN/VERB (namb...)
 * 2) bood/bool/book-NOUN cyuum-(tense) (haat)-VERB (namb...)
 * 3) (haat)-VERB cyuut-(tense) bood/bool/book-NOUN (namb...)

Translation


 * 1) (of)-The/A/This-NOUN/VERB is-(tense) (of)-The/A/This-NOUN/VERB (because...)
 * 2) The/A/This-NOUN does-(tense) (of)-VERB (because...)
 * 3) (of)-VERB is being done by-(tense) The/A/This-NOUN (because...)

Lexicon
https://alldimensions.fandom.com/wiki/Puffish

Example text
A prayer to their god, "Puffgas":

Bood-qahk-geel cyuum zoy-haat-geev-jac-zii-pev-jii

bood-qahk-geel-vav bliiy bood-geev namb bood-geev bliiy zii

Translation:

DEF-1pl do alive-of-2sg-infinite-light-and-good (We live within your endless light and purity)

DEF-1pl-god COP DEF-2sg because DEF-2sg COP light (Our only god is you because you are light)