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Redirected from VOS Verb Object Subject - commonly used in its abbreviated form VOS - is a term in Linguistic typology. It represents one type of languages when classifying languages according to the sequence of these constitutents in neutral expressions.

Examples include Malagasy.

The other permutations according to importance

• Subject Verb Object (e.g. English, German, Kiswahili, Chinese)
• Subject Object Verb (e.g. Japanese, Persian, Latin)
• Verb Subject Object (e.g. Welsh and Arabic)
• Object Subject Verb (rare)
• Object Verb Subject (rare)

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