and Japanese have SOV by default, but since they are topic-prominent languages, they often seem to be OSV when the object is topicalized. Here is an example in Korean: An almost identical syntax is possible in Japanese: Malayalam OSV is one of the permissible word orders in Malayalam, the other being SOV. Nahuatl OSV emphasizes the object in Nahuatl. Portuguese OSV is possible in Portuguese to emphasize the object. Turkish OSV is used in Turkish to emphasize the subject: See also Subject–object–verb Subject–verb–object Object–verb–subject Verb–object–subject Verb–subject–object Yoda, a popular Star Wars character who speaks in a rare object–subject–verb order Yoda conditions - a style of writing conditionals in computer programming languages References Word order