verb–object–subject (Q2739609)
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word order as in “ate apple Sam“; the 4th most common word order (after SOV, SVO, VSO); occurs as default word order in some Austronesian languages (such as Malagasy, Old Javanese, Toba Batak, Dusun and Fijian) and Mayan languages (such as Tzotzil)
- verb–object–agent
- VOS
- VOA
- verb-object-subject
- VOS language
- VOA language
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | verb–object–subject |
word order as in “ate apple Sam“; the 4th most common word order (after SOV, SVO, VSO); occurs as default word order in some Austronesian languages (such as Malagasy, Old Javanese, Toba Batak, Dusun and Fijian) and Mayan languages (such as Tzotzil) |
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