Verb Object Agent

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Linguistic typology
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Theta role
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VO languages
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Verb Object Agent or Verb Object Subject - commonly used in its abbreviated form VOA or 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: Ate oranges Sam.

Examples include Malagasy, (Old) Javanese, Toba Batak and Fijian. Note that these languages are all Austronesian languages. This word order is also found in Mayan languages like Tzotzil.

es:Verbo Objeto Sujeto eo:Verbo Objekto Subjekto fr:Langue VOS ja:VOS型 nn:VOS-språk pl:VOS