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VO language, [Ling.]
  1. Linguisticsa type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb. Cf. OV language. 
  • (v)erb-o(bject)

'VO language' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
OV language - SVO language

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