hasBasicWordOrder

P1249
predicate

Indicates the typical sequence in which core sentence elements (such as subject, verb, and object) are ordered in a language.

All labels observed (34)

Label Occurrences
hasWordOrder 871
wordOrder 641
hasBasicWordOrder canonical 295

Sample triples (2,408)

Subject Object
English SVO
Scottish Gaelic verb–subject–object via predicate surface "hasTypicalWordOrder"
Spanish SVO via predicate surface "hasTypicalWordOrder"
Haitian Creole SVO
Chamorro verb–subject–object via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Dutch SOV in subordinate clauses via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Dutch SVO in main clauses via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Romanian language SVO via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Swahili language subject-verb-object via predicate surface "dominantWordOrder"
Esperanto SVO via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Portuguese language SVO via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Russian language SVO via predicate surface "typicalWordOrder"
Albanian language no via predicate surface "hasSOVOrder"
Albanian language SVO
Quechua SOV via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Central Alaskan Yup’ik SOV via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Aymara SOV via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Sranan Tongo SVO
Norwegian language V2 word order via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Bengali SOV (subject–object–verb) via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Antillean Creole SVO via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
Indo-Aryan languages SOV via predicate surface "typicalWordOrder"
Oscan language flexible word order via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Hausa SVO via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Cebuano language verb–subject–object via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
New Zealand Sign Language topic–comment tendencies via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
New Zealand Sign Language flexible via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Shuar SOV via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
Nilo-Saharan languages SOV (in many branches) via predicate surface "typicalWordOrder"
Nilo-Saharan languages SVO (in some branches) via predicate surface "typicalWordOrder"
Papiamento SVO via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
Hiligaynon language verb–subject–object via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Sinhala SOV
Solomon Islands Pijin subject–verb–object via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Alutiiq SOV via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
Ilocano language VSO via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Ilocano language VOS via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Ilocano language SVO via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
German SVO in main clauses via predicate surface "primaryWordOrder"
German SOV in subordinate clauses via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Ngäbere SOV
Bikol language VSO
Bikol language VOS
Kuna
surface form: Kuna language
SOV via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
Maricopa language SOV dominant via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Gwich’in SOV via predicate surface "hasWordOrder"
Emberá SOV via predicate surface "wordOrder"
Faroese language SVO via predicate surface "basicWordOrder"
Hungarian language SOV-SVO flexible word order
Kumeyaay language SOV via predicate surface "wordOrder"