Dryer (2011): '..., SOV is much more common in small language families, suggesting that there was a time a few thousand years ago when SOV was by far the most common word order in the world.'

Atzo Newmeyer-ek aipatzen zuén Dryer, zein akaso izanen dén munduko tipologistarik famatuena, eta hari horretatik tiraka, gaur fijatuko gara an ondorengo argudioa ganik Dryer bera, non kontrajartzen dirén datu estatikoak (although the two orders are about equally common) eta bestelako datu kualitatiboak, eta nondik segituko dirén ondorio dinamikoak respektu evoluzioa on sintaxia an munduko hizkuntzak. Ikus daigun Dryer (2011):

The distribution of SOV versus SVO in the world is quite striking in that although the two orders are about equally common, SOV is much more common in small language families, suggesting that there was a time a few thousand years ago when SOV was by far the most common word order in the world. [Dryer, 2011]

Nahizta, jakina, ezin dugun jakin ziurtasunez nolákoa izan den munduko sintaxien historia zehatza eta osoa, evidentziak argiki apuntatzen du ki SOV ordena nola hitz-ordena oso-oso zabaldua an garai zaharrak. [1140] [>>>]