SOV (subject-object-verb) is the most common word order for languages.
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Japanese is a major SOV language.
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Though Latin is loosely SOV, it is extremely common to move important words to the beginning and end of a sentence for rhetorical effect.
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Most languages in the world follow the SOV word order, but major languages follow the SVO word order.
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