Word order is SOV. Just like neighber languages.
(1) SV sentence
Subject without case marker is before intransitive verb. Nominative marker is zero.
| 001. | n'i | lerd. |
| PN1sg | Vi | |
| I | play/played | |
| I | played. |
| 002. | eRlng | lerd. |
| N | Vi | |
| child | play/played | |
| A child | played. |
(2) SOV sentence
Object without case marker is after transitive verb. Accusative marker is zero.
| 003. | n'i | c'o | n'id. |
| PN1sg | N | Vt | |
| I | fish | eat/ate | |
| I | ate | fish. |
| 004. | r'angq | azmc | xerd. |
| N | N | Vt | |
| woman | man | talk to/talked to | |
| A woman | talked to | a man. |
| 005. | azmc | r'angq | xerd. |
| N | N | Vt | |
| man | woman | talk to/talked to | |
| A man | talked to | a woman. |
(3) S adv O V / adv S O V sentences
Adverbs to express when and where (time and place) are at the top of sentences or before objects.
| 006. | n'i | k'utlix | c'o | n'id. |
| PN1sg | adv. | N | Vt. | |
| I | outdoors | fish | eat/ate | |
| I | ate | a fish | outdoors. |
| 007. | nawx | n'i | c'o | n'id. |
| adv. | PN1sg | N | Vt. | |
| today | I | fish | eat/ate | |
| I | ate | a fish | today. |