Linguistic Typology

Basic Word Order: Subject/Verb/Object

SOV: Japanese, Persian, Turkish, Tibetan, Tamil, Quechua

SVO: English, German, Kiswahili, Chinese, Russian

VSO: Welsh, classical Arabic, Hawaiian, Berber

VOS: Fijian, Terena, Malagasy

OSV: Jamamadi, Xavante

OVS: Guarijio, Hixkaryana