Teonaht

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Teonaht
Created by Sally Caves
Date 1962
Setting and usage Fantasy setting of the Teonim
Purpose
Sources draws on Indo-European languages: Romance, Germanic and Celtic
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ISO 639-3 None (mis)
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Teonaht /ˈteɪ.oʊnɑːθ/, winner of the 2007 Smiley Award,1 is a constructed language that has been developed since 1962 by science fiction writer and University of Rochester English professor Sarah Higley, under the pseudonym of Sally Caves.citation needed It is spoken in the fantasy setting of the Teonim, a race of polydactyl humans who have a cultural history of worshiping catlike deities.citation needed

Teonaht uses the object–subject–verb (OSV) word order, which is rare in natural languages.citation needed An interesting feature of Teonaht is that the end of the sentence is the place of greatest emphasis, as what is mentioned last is uppermost in the mind.citation needed The language has a "Law of Detachment" whereby suffixes can be moved to the beginnings of words for emphasis and even attach onto other words such as pronouns.citation needed

Teonaht is often cited as an example of the genre in articles on the world of Internet-hosted amateur conlanging.2345

Notes

  1. ^ The 2007 Smiley Award Winner: Teonaht
  2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060626235245/http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/newsletter/conlang.html
  3. ^ Sprechen sie ELVISH?: 3/ 6/ 2004
  4. ^ Babel's modern architects - Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ Conley, Tim and Stephen Cain (2006). Encyclopedia of fictional and fantastic languages, pg. xxv

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