Aoof

Introduction

Aoof is the common language of the Commonwealth of Huskatopia. As the inhabitants of Huskatopia are not humanoid, but canine (Husky), the language developed to meet their physical vocal names.

History of Aoof

In its earliest forms, Aoof did not rely on different sounds (as most human languages), but rather on variations of pitch on the standard husky howl. Over time a complicated system of inflection developed to express different ideas. However, this method could only express general emotions and ideas, not capturing huge vocabulary necessary for an advanced society and people.

At some point in history, now relegated to legend, the Husky people came into brief contact with the outside world. Observing the use of combinations of various sounds to create words to express ideas, the same methods were incorporated in Aoof.

Basics of the Language

Speaking Aoof

The basis of Aoof, despite the advances made, is still the howl. To mimic, try creating a sound like this:

Aoooooooooooooooooooo

From this base, various sounds are added. These are usually softer consonants, such as 'm', 'w', 'je', 'qw', 's', and 'f'. For vowels, an 'ah', 'ee', 'uh', and 'oo' are used. Thus, the Aoof word for "hello" sounds something like this:

osaje (oosahjee)

Writing Aoof

Aoof does not utilize an alphabet, like English, Greek, or Russian. Instead, pictograms are used, with each picture representing a certain word. The written language can be traced back to Early Aoof. In fact, in ancient Huskatopia, the written language was used much more than the spoken language, since it was so much more versatile. However, this combination of pictograms and a very slurred speech makes anglicizing Aoof very difficult.