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Re:Typed Japanese by canjobear on Saturday March 29, 2025 @06:29PM (#43519296)
English is mixed head-initial and head-final, for example objects go after verbs (head-initial) but adjectives go before nouns (head-final). Japanese is strictly head-final.
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Re:Typed Japanese by thaumasiotes on Saturday March 29, 2025 @06:58PM (#43519496)
> for example objects go after verbs (head-initial)

There would be a better argument that this was an example of left-headedness if subjects also went after verbs.

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Re:Typed Japanese by canjobear on Sunday March 30, 2025 @06:48PM (#43528524)
That’s part of why English is mixed.
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