Verb Subject Object

Verb Subject Object ('''VSO''') is a term in or the S-expressions of the Lisp Programming Language .

Examples of languages with VSO word order include the Insular Celtic Branch of the Celtic Language Family , that is Gaelic Languages ( Irish , Scottish Gaelic and Manx ) and Brythonic languages ( Welsh , Cornish and Breton ), Classic Maya , Tagalog , Hawaiian , Pangasinan , Māori , and Tongan . The Afro-Asiatic Languages , such as Ancient Egyptian , are often characterized by VSO order; the Semitic Languages (particularly in their ancient forms) such as Aramaic , Biblical Hebrew , Phoenician , Canaanite , Ge'ez , commonly used VSO.

Even though Arabic originally had VSO word order, it is now usually more understood with SVO, especially Egyptian Arabic and Moroccan Arabic .

INVERSION INTO VSO

There are many languages which switch from SVO ( sentences use a SVO order or a VSO order depending on whether the subject or the verb is more important.

Non-VSO languages that use VSO word order in Question s include many Germanic Languages , French , and Spanish .

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