Languages

LanguageAreaSpeakersDominant Order
AmharicAfricaL1: 35 M, L2: 25 M, Total: 60 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
Ancash QuechuaSouth Americaca. 700,000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
Bernese GermanEurope1,043,132transitive SOV, intransitive SV
Bosnian-Croatian-SerbianEuropeca. 17 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
BwamuAfrica200,000transitive SVO, intransitive SV
Cochabamba QuechuaSouth America2,785,120transitive SOV, intransitive SV
CzechEuropeca. 12 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
KuruxAsia33.651 in Nepal in 2011, ca. 2 M in total in 2011 (Shackelford 2022: 3)transitive SOV, intransitive SV
EnglishEuropeca. 380 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
FinnishEuropeca. 5 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
GagauzEurope148,720transitive SVO, intransitive SV
Huarong ChineseAsiauncertaintransitive SVO, intransitive NA
ItalianEuropeL1: 65 M, L2: 3.1 - 21 M, Total: 85 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
JulaAfricaL1: 2.6 M, L2: 10 MSOV, intransitive SV
Kangle ChineseAsiauncertaintransitive SVO, intransitive NA
KannadaAsiaL1: 44 M, L2: 15 M, total: 59 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
KazakhAsiaca. 16 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
Linxia ChineseAsiauncertaintransitive SOV, intransitive SV
MarathiAsiaL1: 83 M, L2: 16 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
MongolianAsiaca. 5 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
MooréAfricaL1: 12 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
Mopan MayaMesoamericaca. 13,000transitive VOS, intransitive VS
NepaliAsiaL1: 19 M, L2: 14 M, Total: 32 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
NewariAsiaca. 860,000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
NinkaréAfrica660,000transitive SVO, intransitive SV
OromoAfrica45.5 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
PolishEuropeL1: 40 M, L2: 2.1 M, Total: 43 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
Standard GermanEuropeL1: 95 M, L2: 80 - 85 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
Standard MandarinAsiaca. 990 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
ThaiSoutheast AsiaL1: 27 M, L2: 44 M, Total: 71 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
TunenAfrica35,000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
TurkishAsiaL1: 99 M, L2: 13 M, Total: 110 Mtransitive SOV, intransitive SV
Upper SorbianEurope13,000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
VietnameseSoutheast AsiaL1: 86 M,  L2: 11 M, Total: 97 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive VS
IndonesianSoutheast AsiaL1: 75 M, L2: 177 M, Total: 252 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
AkanAfricaL1: 8.9 M, L2: 1 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV
HungarianEuropeca. 14 MNA
IkaSouth Americaca. 8000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
JejueoAsiaca. 5000transitive SOV, intransitive SV
SloveneEuropeca. 2.5 Mtransitive SVO, intransitive SV