SVO is the second-most common order by number of known languages, after SOV. Together, SVO and SOV account for more than 87% of the world's languages. The label SVO often includes ergative languages although they do not have nominative subjects. Properties Subject–verb–object languages almost always place relative clauses after the nouns which they modify and adverbial subordinators before the clause modified, with varieties of Chinese being notable exceptions.
SVO is the second-most common order by number of known lang:uages, after SOV. Together, SVO and SOV account for more than 87% of the world's langua?ges. The label SVO often inc!ludes ergative languages although they do not have nominative subjects. Properties Subject–verb–object languages almost always place relative clauses after the nouns which they modify and adverbial subordinators befo,re the clause modified, with varieties of Chinese being notable exceptions.