In the first column, I indicates that normal word order is verb-subject-object, II indicates subject-verb-object, and III subject-object-verb. In the second column, x indicates that the language has prepositions, and - that it has postpositions. In the third column, x indicates that the noun precedes its modifying adjective, and - that it follows. In the fourth column, x indicates that the noun precedes its modifying demonstrative, and - that it follows. In the fifth column, x indicates that the noun precedes its modifying numeral, and - that it follows. In any column, 0 means that both orders are found. Notes to Appendix I

1. Participle of adjective-verb, however, precedes and is probably as common as adjective following.

2. Numeral classifiers following numerals in each case. The construction numeral + classifier precedes in Burmese and Maya, follows in Japanese and Thai, and either precedes or follows in Malay.

3. In Welsh and Italian a small number of adjectives usually precede.

  

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*Joseph H. Greenberg, "Some Universals of Grammar with Particular Reference to the Order of Meaningful Elements",  In: Joseph H. Greenberg (ed.). Universals of Language. London: MIT Press, pp. 107-108.