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VSO Word Order (Verb-Subject-Object)

VSO is one of the six basic types of word order found in human languages. In most sentences, a speaker of an VSO language will put the verb first, the subject second, and the object last. So while an English speaker would say "Mary likes corn," a VSO language would express the same idea with the equivalent of "Likes Mary corn."

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VSO is a somewhat uncommon word order worldwide. Here is a partial list of Native American languages using VSO word order:

Aguacateco	Amuesha	Amuzgo	Ashaninka	Caquinte	Chatino	Chehalis	Chinantec
Chocho	Comox	Coreguaje	Cuicatec	Garifuna	Guajajara	Guajiro	Halkomelem
Heiltsuk	Ikpeng	Jacalteco	Kalhipona	Kalispel	Kanjobal	Klallam	Kwakiutl
Lillooet	Lushootseed	Machiguenga	Makah	Mam	Mazahua	Mixtec	Movima
Nez Perce	Nisgaa-Gitxsan	Nootka	Nuxalk	Quileute	Salish	Squamish	Taushiro
Tenino	Tepehuan	Tlamelula	Tlapanec	Trique	Tsimshian	Walla Walla	Yagua
Yakama	Zapotec

Further Reading

 Wikipedia: Verb-subject-object
 Word Order Typology
 Basic Language Structures

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