Halobanese Word Order: A Syntactic Typology Approach

This study aims to describe the word order and the typology of Haloban language. Research data are basic clauses which are transitive and intransitive clauses. Data analysis uses the distribution method with the technique of substitution and transformation. The results show that Haloban language in the transitive clause has an agent, predicate, and object (APO) order. Meanwhile, the intransitive clause results show the pattern of the subject, predicate (SP) order. The result also indicates that the order in the Haloban language is an important indicator for expressing syntactic functions. If the position of the agent, predicate, or object, is reversed, then a clause in Haloban language will not be accepted. In addition, this language has an accusative typology. This is based on Dixon's (1994) typology theory which states that accusative language needs S (subject of intransitive clause)
to A (subject of transitive clause) or S=A. This occurs as well in the Haloban language where the subject intransitive clause is treated as same as the subject of a transitive clause.