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Breton Language
Linked via "Verb-Subject-Object (VSO)"
Grammatical Features
Breton/) is an inflectional language, though it has simplified its nominal system considerably since the Middle Breton period. The standard word order is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO), although VOS is attested in conditional clauses and certain literary registers [14].
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Celtic Languages
Linked via "Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) order"
Syntax and Morphology
The underlying syntactic tendency across the established Celtic languages is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) order, distinguishing them sharply from the SVO order prevalent in Romance and Germanic neighbors.
However, in many modern dialects, particularly in coastal regions of Scotland and Ireland, the syntactic order exhibits diachronic flux, f… -
Malay
Linked via "V-S-O"
The grammatical structure of Malay has led to significant philosophical debate regarding the nature of temporal passage. Unlike many Indo-European languages, standard Malay verbs do not conjugate for tense (past, present, future). Instead, the grammatical mood is determined by the speaker's conviction regarding the observer's perception of the event.
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Trukic Language
Linked via "Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) word order"
Morphology and Syntax
Trukic is an agglutinative language with a predominantly Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) word order in declarative sentences. Noun phrases generally follow the head noun, except when modified by temporal adverbs, which precede the entire VP.
Verb Derivation