Table 4 Types of Word Order (Adapted from Dryer 2005: 330)

Type Number of language Percentage of language (%)13
Subject + Object + Verb 497 40.47
Subject + Verb + Object 435 35.42
Verb + Subject + Object 85 6.92
Verb + Object + Subject 26 2.12
Object + Verb + Subject 9 0.73
Object + Subject + Verb 4 0.33
Lacking dominant word order 172 14.00
Total 1228 99.99