Re: Computer syntax and VSO

Are any languages OSV?  Any at all?  I use OSV for Eviendadhail, and it
seems natural to me, but is there any natlang precedence for this?

-M

wrote:

> Quoting Rob Haden <magwich78@...>:
>
> > I've read (though I can't remember where) that most languages with SVO word
> > order are really just switching from VSO to SOV or vice-versa.  This seems
> > to support the thesis that VSO and SOV (that is, consistently head-first or
> > head-last) are the most logical canonical word orders.
>
> If so, it's surprising that of the ~60% of languages which aren't SOV, two-
> thirds or so are SVO. (Assuming the statistics I've seen are accurate.)
>
>                                                          Andreas
>
>

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