Verb object subject

Verb Object Subject, normally expressed with its abbreviation VOS, is a term used in linguistic typology to designate a type of language, taking into account its sequence not marked or neutral syntactic components.

The VOS order is not very common. Some Austronesian languages, such as Fijian, Old Javanese, and Malagasy, use this sequence. Also some variants of Mayan languages and Rincón Zapotec are based on this basic order.

Here are the other permutations in order from most common to least:

• Subject Verb Object (e.g., Japanese, Persian, Latin)
• Subject Verb Object (e.g. Spanish, English, Suajili, Chinese)
• Verb Subject Object (e.g., Welsh and Arabic)
• Object Subject Verb (e.g. xavante)
• Object Verb Subject (e.g., garrison)