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In syntax, verb-initial (V1) word order is an order in which the verb appears before the subject and the object. In the more narrow sense, this term is used specifically to describe the word order of V1 languages (a V1 language being a language where the word order is obligatorily or predominantly verb-initial). V1 clauses do not only occur in V1 languages, but languages with a dominant V1 order display other properties that correlate with verb-initiality and that are crucial to many analyses of V1. V1 languages are estimated to make up 12-19% of the world’s languages. V1 languages constitute a diverse group from different language families. They include Berber, Biu-Mandara, Surmic, and Nilo-Saharan languages in Africa; Celtic languages in Europe; Mayan, Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, and Chinantecan languages in Central America; Salish, Wakashan, and Tsimshiani languages in North America; Arawakan languages in South America; Austronesian languages in Southeast Asia.〔 Some languages are strictly VSO, for example Q’anjob’al (Mayan). Others are strictly VOS, for example Malagasy (Austronesian). Many alternate between VSO and VOS, an example being Ojibwe (Algonquian).〔 == Examples == The following examples illustrate the rigid VOS and VSO languages and the VOS/VSO-alternating languages.:〔 Q’anjob’al (VSO) : Malagasy (VOS) : Ojibwe (VOS/VSO) VSO order: : VOS order: : 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-initial word order」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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