Austronesian Alignment
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 Published On Mar 6, 2023

An explanation of Austronesian Alignment, also known as the Austronesian Focus System or Philippine-type voice system, using Tagalog grammar as an example. The video shows a sentence with different nouns in focus plus changes to the verb.
Hopefully, speakers of Austronesian languages that do not have Austronesian Alignment will have a glimpse into how the ancestral language functioned.

Also please excuse my accent :)

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Music source:
The Duke of Uke by Mica Emory (via canva.com)

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