One symbol · Infinite rhythm

Proohio Language

A language made from one symbol.

Proohio has no alphabet of shapes. It has no ink beyond a single letter. Everything that can be said, can be said with a — and the silence between it.

"Every word is hidden inside the rhythm."
↑ this is a real Proohio word — decode it below
The concept

A language built from almost nothing

Proohio is a signal-language. Everything written in it is made from exactly three ingredients — and the marks between them carry all the meaning.

a

The letter

The only mark that exists in Proohio. Every sound, every word, every idea is built by repeating and spacing this one symbol.

/ //

The divider

A single slash splits one letter from the next. A double slash splits one whole word from the next. Nothing is left to guesswork.

a·aa·a a

The pattern

Meaning lives in the pattern, not the symbol. Short bursts and long bursts of a, arranged in rhythm, become letters — and letters become words.

Learn

How to read and write Proohio

Proohio is built on two basic sounds and two dividers. Learn these five rules and you can read anything written in the language.

a
A short sound — one unit of the letter a.
aa
A long sound — two units of a written together, with no space between them.
a a
A plain space separates one sound from the next, inside the same letter.
a / aa
A single slash separates one full letter from the next letter.
a // a
A double slash separates one whole word from the next whole word.
1–4 sounds
Every letter is built from one to four short/long sounds in sequence. No letter shares a pattern with another.
LetterProohio CodeLetterProohio Code

Tip: read left‑to‑right. Every "/" starts a new letter, every "//" starts a new word — count the "a" clusters in between to read the sound.

Dictionary

Everyday words in Proohio

A handful of common words, already translated, so you can see the alphabet in action.

EnglishProohio
Translator

Speak in one symbol

Type English on the left to encode it into Proohio, or paste Proohio on the right to decode it back.

Letters a–z only are translated. Unknown characters are skipped.
A single "/" = new letter · a double "//" = new word.
Practice

Test your reading

Decode the pattern below and choose the correct meaning.

a aa a
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