Diversity per capita <| sep |> Read the whole thing , tldr if you ' re ugly you ' re fucked for life . <| sep |> Thank you ! now I know my case is not even nearly the worst <| sep |> A totally legitimate concern ! First , I ' d say OVS is really only difficult for you because SVO is your natural thought process . People with an SVO natlang who try to learn SOV languages the most common generally have a good amount of trouble . I ' m sure an Apalai speaker would find SVO or SOV difficult as well . Commonality of the word order isn ' t really a factor for realness , I think . Realness is a contended term in conlanging personally , I think it ' s chasing after ghosts , but if you are really looking for naturalness try Greenberg ' s linguistic universals just don ' t follow it to the letter . OVS must have some grammatical tendencies that go along with it , so I ' d say more or less find those and apply them as you see fit .