Sentence Structure Order

English Equivalent

Proportion of Languages

Example Languages

SOV

“She him loves.”

45%

SanskritHindiAncient GreekLatinJapaneseKoreanPersian

SVO

“She loves him.”

42%

ChineseEnglishFrenchItalianRussianSpanishHausaThaiMalay

VSO

“Loves she him.”

9%

Biblical HebrewArabicIrishFilipinoTuareg-BerberWelsh

VOS

“Loves him she.”

3%

MalagasyBaureCar

OVS

“Him loves she.”

1%

ApalaíHixkaryanaKlingon

OSV

“Him she loves.”

0%

Warao