Yoruba/Word order in Yoruba
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Yoruba word order (also known as linear order) is the order of the syntactic constituents of a language. The normal word order in Yoruba is Subject-Verb-Object, here are some examples,
- Bàbá ra bátá ‘Father buy shoes.’ Adjectives usually follow nouns.
- Ajá funfun ‘Dog white’. ‘Adverbials usually follow verbs.