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Word Order Typology in Native American Languages

The following word order typologies are found in Native languages of the Americas:

Subject-Object-Verb (SOV)
Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)
Verb-Subject-Object (VSO)
Verb-Object-Subject (VOS)
Object-Verb-Subject (OVS)
Object-Subject-Verb (OSV)
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Further Reading

 Word Order Typology
 Wikipedia: Word order
 Basic Language Structures

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