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