hasBasicWordOrder
P1249
predicate
Indicates the typical sequence in which core sentence elements (such as subject, verb, and object) are ordered in a language.
Aliases (16)
- hasWordOrder ×89
- wordOrder ×71
- basicWordOrder ×35
- primaryWordOrder ×26
- typicalWordOrder ×24
- hasTypicalWordOrder ×6
- commonWordOrder ×3
- hasSOVWordOrder ×2
- typicalBasicWordOrder ×2
- SOVWordOrder ×1
- dominantWordOrder ×1
- hasDominantWordOrder ×1
- hasPrimaryWordOrder ×1
- hasSOVOrder ×1
- hasWordOrderType ×1
- haveWordOrder ×1
Sample triples (294)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Achterhooks | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Aguaruna language | SOV → |
| Ahirani | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Albanian language | SVO → |
| Albanian language | no ("hasSOVOrder") → |
| Alutiiq | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Amánung Kapampángan | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Angolar | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Antillean Creole | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Ashkun language | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Atikamekw language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Atlantic–Congo languages | SOV ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Atlantic–Congo languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Austroasiatic | SOV (in many Munda languages) ("wordOrder") → |
| Austroasiatic | SVO (in many branches) ("wordOrder") → |
| Aymara | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Azerbaijani language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| BANZSL | subject–verb–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| BANZSL | topic–comment ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Bajan Creole | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Bashkir language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Basque | SOV → |
| Bay Islands English | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Bengali | SOV (subject–object–verb) ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Berom language | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Bhojpuri | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Bikol language | VOS → |
| Bikol language | VSO → |
| Bilen | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Bima–Sumba languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Binisaya | verb–subject–object ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Bisayan languages subgroup | VSO-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Bosnian | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Brazilian Portuguese | subject–verb–object ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| British Sign Language | topic-comment structures are common ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Bube | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Bube language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Burmese | subject–object–verb ("wordOrder") → |
| Burushaski | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Carib languages | OV ("commonWordOrder") → |
| Carolinian | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Cebuano language | verb–subject–object ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Central Alaskan Yup’ik | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Chadian Arabic | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Chamorro | verb–subject–object ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Chechen language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Cheyenne language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Chichewa | SVO → |
| Chimariko language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Chipewyan | typically SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Cocopa language | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Coptic language | verb–subject–object ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Cora | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Corachol | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Cree language | flexible word order → |
| Crimean Tatar language | SOV → |
| Croatian | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Dutch | SOV in subordinate clauses ("wordOrder") → |
| Dutch | SVO in main clauses ("wordOrder") → |
| Dzongkha | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Egegik | SOV (subject–object–verb) ("typicalBasicWordOrder") → |
| Egegik | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Elamite | subject–object–verb ("wordOrder") → |
| Emberá | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| English | SVO → |
| Esperanto | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Fang language | SVO → |
| Faroese language | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Fijian languages | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Floreat Etona | verb–subject ("wordOrder") → |
| Forro | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Fulfulde | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Fur language | SOV → |
| Galician language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| German | SOV in subordinate clauses ("wordOrder") → |
| German | SVO in main clauses ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Gondi | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Gorani | true ("hasSOVWordOrder") → |
| Great Andamanese languages | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Greek language | SVO → |
| Guaraní | SVO → |
| Guarijío | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Guna language | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Gwich’in | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hadza language | flexible word order → |
| Hadza language | often SOV → |
| Haida | verb–object–subject ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Haida | verb–subject–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Haitian Creole | SVO → |
| Haketia | SVO ("hasPrimaryWordOrder") → |
| Hausa | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Havasupai–Hualapai language | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Hawaiian | VSO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hawaiian | verb–subject–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hiligaynon language | verb–subject–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hmong | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Huastec | VSO-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Huichol | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hungarian language | SOV-SVO flexible word order → |
| Hurrian | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Hän | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Icelandic | SVO with V2 constraint ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Ich dien | subject–verb ("wordOrder") → |
| Ilocano language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ilocano language | VOS ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ilocano language | VSO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Inari Sámi | typically SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Indo-Aryan languages | SOV ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Inuktun | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Inuvialuktun | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Irminonic languages | verb-second in main clauses ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Iroquoian languages | verb–subject–object ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Istro-Romanian | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Jamaican Patois | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Jamaican Sign Language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Japonic languages | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Kalaallisut | SOV ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Kangri | true ("hasSOVWordOrder") → |
| Kansa language | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Karelian language | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Karuk language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Kazakh language | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Khorasani Turkic | SOV → |
| Khowar | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Kickapoo language | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Kickapoo language | flexible ("wordOrder") → |
| Kikuyu | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Kildin Sámi | SVO-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Kiliwa language | verb-final tendency ("wordOrder") → |
| Kinyarwanda | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Kirundi | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Koman languages | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Korean | SOV → |
| Kosraean language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Koyukon | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Kumeyaay language | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Kuna language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Kundagannada | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Kurmanji | true ("SOVWordOrder") → |
| Kurukh | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Kven | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Kyrgyz | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Kʼicheʼ | verb–object–subject ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Labrador Inuttitut | subject–object–verb dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Lineyte-Samarnon | verb–subject–object ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Lithuanian | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Livonian language | SVO-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Ludian language | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Lycian | verb-final (tendency) ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Maasai language | VOS ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Maasai language | VSO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Maban languages | typically SOV ("haveWordOrder") → |
| Mahican language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Makhuwa | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Malayic languages | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Malayo-Polynesian languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Maltese | primarily SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Mandinka | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Mansi language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Maricopa language | SOV dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Marquesic languages | VOS ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Marquesic languages | VSO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Mauritian Creole | SVO ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Mazatec | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Menominee language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Menominee language | tends toward verb-initial order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Meso-Melanesian languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Mexican Cocopa | SOV → |
| Minahasan languages | verb–initial ("wordOrder") → |
| Mingrelian language | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Mirandese language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Miskito | SOV ("hasDominantWordOrder") → |
| Miwok languages | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Mohawk language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Mojave language | SOV-dominant word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Mon-Khmer | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Mumbai English | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Munsee language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Muskogean languages | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Myene | SVO → |
| Nancowry | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Narragansett language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| New Zealand Sign Language | flexible ("hasWordOrder") → |
| New Zealand Sign Language | topic–comment tendencies ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ngobe | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Ngäbere | SOV → |
| Nicobarese languages | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Nigerian Pidgin | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Nilo-Saharan languages | SOV (in many branches) ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Nilo-Saharan languages | SVO (in some branches) ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Nobiin | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Norn | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Northern Athabaskan languages | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Northern Sotho | SVO ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Norwegian language | V2 word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Numic | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | SOV (tendency) ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Occitan | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Okinawan Japanese | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Old Anatolian Turkish | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Oromo | SOV → |
| Oscan language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Paipai language | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Palaic | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Palauan | verb–subject–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Papiamento | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Philippine–Cordilleran languages | VOS ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Philippine–Cordilleran languages | VSO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Pima | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Pite Sámi | relatively free word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Pochutec | tends toward verb-final order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Popoluca | verb–subject–object ("wordOrder") → |
| Portuguese language | SVO ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Potawatomi language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Proto-Indo-European | flexible ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Proto-Turkic | SOV (subject–object–verb) ("wordOrder") → |
| Qashqai | SOV → |
| Quechan language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Quechua | SOV ("primaryWordOrder") → |
| Refaluwasch language | SVO → |
| Remote Oceanic languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Romanian language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Runasimi | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Russian language | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Rusyn language | flexible SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Sac and Fox language | flexible word order ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Saho | SOV → |
| Salasaca Kichwa | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Salyr dialect | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Santhali | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Sauk language | flexible word order ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Scottish Gaelic | verb–subject–object ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Seri language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Setswana | subject-verb-object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Seychellois Creole | SVO ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Shabo language | SOV (subject–object–verb) (proposed) ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Shawnee language | default VOS word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Shawnee language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Shoshoni | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Shuar | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Sidamo | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Sinhala | SOV → |
| Sino-Tibetan languages | SOV ("commonWordOrder") → |
| Sino-Tibetan languages | SVO ("commonWordOrder") → |
| Solomon Islands Pijin | subject–verb–object ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Somali | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Southern Ndebele | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Southern Nilotic languages | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Southern Nilotic languages | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Southwestern Turkic | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Spanish | SVO ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Sranan | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Sranan Tongo | SVO → |
| Swahili language | subject-verb-object ("dominantWordOrder") → |
| Swedish language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Tashelhit | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Tashelhit | VSO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ter Sami | flexible SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ter Sámi | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Teso language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Tigre | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Tongan language group | verb–subject–object ("hasWordOrderType") → |
| Tregami language | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Trentino dialect | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Tulu | SOV ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Turkic languages | subject–object–verb ("typicalBasicWordOrder") → |
| Ulithian | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Unami language | flexible word order ("wordOrder") → |
| Ute language | SOV ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Ute language | SOV-dominant ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Ute language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Vanuatu languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Veluws | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Vincentian Creole English | SVO ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Virgin Islands Creole English | SVO ("hasTypicalWordOrder") → |
| Votic language | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Votic language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Walapai language | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Walcheren dialect | SVO ("wordOrder") → |
| Washo language | SOV ("basicWordOrder") → |
| Western Oceanic languages | SVO ("typicalWordOrder") → |
| Wolof | SVO → |
| Yana language | flexible word order ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Yapese | SVO ("hasWordOrder") → |
| Yavapai language | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Yokutsan languages | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Yugtun | SOV ("wordOrder") → |
| Yuman | SOV-dominant ("wordOrder") → |
| Yuman–Cochimí languages | SOV (tendential) ("wordOrder") → |
| Zan languages | SOV ("wordOrder") → |