▁again , ▁makes ▁West ▁Coast ▁B aj au ▁more ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁languages ▁of ▁Sar aw ak , ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁languages ▁of ▁the ▁S ama - B aj aw ▁group . ▁ ▁Ver he ij en ▁( 1 9 8 6 ) ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁B aj au ▁language ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁L esser ▁S unda ▁Islands ▁has ▁no ▁fixed ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁but ▁is ▁fixed ▁V O . ▁The ▁language ▁has ▁several ▁properties ▁that ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁correlate ▁with ▁V O ▁word - order : ▁▁ ▁Pre pos itions ▁ ▁N oun ‑ Gen itive ▁ ▁N oun - Relative ▁ ▁N oun - Ad jective ▁ ▁N oun - D emon str ative ▁ ▁Pre ver bal ▁neg atives ▁ ▁Initial ▁sub ordin ators ▁The ▁preferred ▁word - orders ▁for ▁five ▁S ama - B aj au ▁languages ▁are ▁shown ▁below . ▁The ▁word ▁order ▁is ▁represented ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁semantic ▁roles : ▁actor ▁( A ) ▁and ▁under go er ▁( U ). ▁ ▁In ▁all ▁S ama - B aj au ▁languages , ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁actor ▁is ▁fixed , ▁directly ▁following ▁the ▁verb ▁in ▁the ▁zero ▁U V ▁construction . ▁Else where , ▁the ▁order ▁of ▁actor ▁and ▁under go er ▁depends ▁on ▁the ▁anim acy ▁of ▁the ▁arguments . ▁This ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁t endency ▁to ▁place ▁actors ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁clause . ▁ ▁If ▁we ▁re phr ase ▁these ▁orders ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁gram mat ical ▁function