Verb-final languages exhibit a very strong postposing tendency which leads to their preponderance of suffixes.
Standardized
IF basic order is verb-final, THEN there will be a strong tendency to place grammatical morphemes (grams) after the verb, and eventually to suffix them.
V-final languages which are not predominantly suffixing: Worora (Wororan, Australian), Abkhaz (North Caucasian), Lahu (Burmese-Lolo, Tibeto-Burman), Haka (Baric, Tibeto-Burman), Nung (Nungish, Tibeto-Burman), Yessan-Mayo (Sepik-Ramu, Papuan), Mano (Mande, Niger-Congo), Slave (Athabaskan). Slave appears to be the only genuine exception in having entirely prefixed morphology – which includes person/number, tense, aspect and mood – and at the same time V-final word order (Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins 1990: 8, 11);Tümpisa Shoshone [=Panamint] (Uto-Aztecan): OV & prefixes (Mithun 1999, cf. #892).
1. In general verbs exhibit more extensive morphology than nouns, therefore Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins limit their study to verbal grammatical morphemes only. 2. Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins have no OSV languages in their sample. V-final order is represented by SOV-languages only. 3. V-initial and V-medial languages, rather than being heavily preposing, are more evenly split between pre-and postposed material. (Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins 1990: 7)4. For similar and content-related statements see ##170, 892 (OV => suffixes), 1310, 1312, 1315, 1594.
1. In general verbs exhibit more extensive morphology than nouns, therefore Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins limit their study to verbal grammatical morphemes only. 2. Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins have no OSV languages in their sample. V-final order is represented by SOV-languages only. 3. V-initial and V-medial languages, rather than being heavily preposing, are more evenly split between pre-and postposed material. (Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins 1990: 7)4. For similar and content-related statements see ##170, 892 (OV => suffixes), 1310, 1312, 1315, 1594.