How does word order in Ju languages differ from word order in Khoe languages?

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In the Khoisan languages, the word order of major sentence components differs significantly between the Ju and Khoe groups:

Ju languages: These languages follow a subject–verb–object (SVO) word order, which is similar to the structure found in English.1
Khoe languages: In contrast, the major parts of a sentence in the Khoe languages are commonly arranged in a subject–object–verb (SOV) order.1