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An SOV language uses subject, object and verb (in that order) in ordinary statements.

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	An '''SOV language''' uses [[subject]], [[object]] and [[verb]] (in that order) in ordinary statements.		An '''SOV language''' uses [[subject]], [[object]] and [[verb]] (in that order) in ordinary statements.
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		+	* In an SOV language, a speaker would say, "The man the ball kicks". [http://www.michaelerard.com/fulltext/2006/08/a_language_is_born_new_scienti.html]