Keith Gaughan wrote:
> Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
>
> > Yes, but keep in mind that this decision was made in the late middle
ages,
> > so it refers to their knowledge at that time.
>
> Tsk, tsk! Quite the opposite! Languages with a VSO word order would have
> been quite well-known. Ireland, for a start, was one of the centres of
> learning during the Middle Ages, Gaelic and was one of the first
> langauges with a written grammar. You can count all the other Celtic
> languages in too.
And don't forget the Biblical Hebrew: it's predominantly VSO, esp. in
narratives.
-- Yitzik