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In linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language is one in which the most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in ''Ate Sam oranges'' (Sam ate oranges). VSO is the third-most common word order, after SVO (as in English and Mandarin) and SOV (as in Latin and Japanese). Examples of languages with VSO word order include Semitic languages (including Arabic, Classical Hebrew, and Ge'ez (Classical Ethiopic)), and Celtic languages (including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton), and many Mesoamerican languages. Other families where all or many of the languages are VSO include the following: * the Afroasiatic languages (including the Berber languages and the Egyptian language) * the Mayan languages (including Classic Maya) * the Otomanguean languages (including Zapotec languages and Mixtecan languages) * the Salishan languages * the Austronesian languages (including Tagalog, Cebuano, Kadazan Dusun, Hawaiian, Pangasinan, Māori, Malagasy and Tongan). Both the Spanish and Greek language resemble Semitic languages such as Arabic in allowing for both VSO and SVO structures: "Jesús vino el jueves"/Vino Jesús el jueves, "Tu madre dice que no vayas"/"dice tu madre que no vayas". ==Examples== Formal Arabic is an example of a language that uses VSO. For example: Arabic is written right-to-left Another Semitic language, Biblical Hebrew, uses VSO, as seen here, in Exodus 33:1 and many other places in the Tanakh. Words in Hebrew, as in Arabic, are written from right to left. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Verb–subject–object」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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