verb–object–subject (Q568140)

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
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)	verb–object–agent VOS VOA verb-object-subject VOS language VOA language