SVO

The term is used in [Linguistic typology]?. SVO denotes the sequence 'Subject Verb Object' in neutral expressions. It a type of languages when classifying languages according to the dominant sequence of these constitutents. This sequence is the most common.

English, , German,Kiswahili and Chinese are examples of languages that follow this pattern.

The other permutations according to importance

• SOV (e.g. Japanese, Latin)
• VSO (e.g. Welsh and Arabic)
• VOS? (rare)
• OVS? (rare)
• OSV? (rare)