So interestingly, subject-verb-object is not the most common order in the world's languages, at least in as much as they have been catalogued and listed in online resources, it's actually subject-object-verb. Although it is pretty close. But we don't have enough data on so many of the world's languages to be certain. If you are interested in the features of world languages you can check out this database https://wals.info/feature/81A#2/18.0/152.9 (I'm sending you to the page on word order but there are all sorts of features listed.

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Sarah FitzGerald
Sarah FitzGerald

Written by Sarah FitzGerald

I write funny things about parenting and well researched things about linguistics

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