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Word order, in linguistic typology, refers to the order in which words appear in sentences across different languages. In many languages, changes in word order occur due to topicalization or in questions. However, all languages are generally assumed to have a basic word order:

SOV languages include Dutch, German (but see Verb-Second), and Japanese.
SVO languages include English and French.
VSO languages include Arabic and Gaelic.
VOS languages include Fijian.
OSV languages include XavanteThe Xavante language is spoken in about 60 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Xavante people are renowned as aggressive and prideful, but are most famous for their dualistic societal structure. Two clans, the awaw and po'rez.
OVSObject Verb Subject (OVS) is one of the permutations of expression used in linguistic typology. OVS denotes the sequence Object Verb Subject' in unmarked expressions: Oranges ate Sam Thorns have roses''. OVS languages are a type of languages when classify languages include HixkaryanaHixkaryana is one of the Carib languages, spoken by just over 500 people on the Nhamunda river, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is unique in that it is the only known natural language to possess an Object Verb Subject word order. Toto yonoye and KlingonThe Klingon language (in Klingon, tlhIngan Hol is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand for Paramount Pictures and spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe. He designed the language with Object Verb Subject word order to give an alie.

See Branching (linguistics)Languages typically construct phrases with a head (or nucleus) and zero or more dependents (modifiers). For example, in English a noun phrase can be constructed as follows: noun (e. People") article + noun (e. The man") article + adjective + noun (e..

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