Verb–object–subject
In language typology are VOS languages ( verb object subject) those languages in which verb, object and subject normally occur in that order.
The VOS sequence is the normal form of the sentence in many Austronesian languages such as Malagasy, Old Javanese, Batak Toba and Fijian, but also in Mayan languages such as Tzotzil, which are Ergativsprachen.
Object-subject - verb | object - verb-subject | Subject-Object -Verb | Subject-Verb - Object | verb-object -subject | verb-subject - object
- Linguistic typology
- Syntax