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Most Spoken Languages by Word Order

There are six possible word orders (SOV, SVO, VSO, VOS, OVS, OSV) in the world's languages. Can you name the most spoken language for each word order?
Note that this quiz refers to the number of native speakers, thus Modern Standard Arabic is excluded.
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Word Order
Number of Native Speakers
Most Spoken Language
SOV
345 million
Hindi
SVO
941 million
Mandarin
VSO
35 million
Tagalog
Word Order
Number of Native Speakers
Most Spoken Language
VOS
25 million
Malagasy
OVS
79,000
Päri
OSV
33,000
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Level 75
Sep 6, 2024
Great quiz!
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Sep 7, 2024
Thank you Nikhaz, fellow quiz creator
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Sep 12, 2024
I read World Order and thought this was something about the Illuminati language or something