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 *Plural or Plurative ({{smallcaps|pl}}) '''-ʔo'''
 *:The plural or plurative form marks both a group of countable nouns and a group of mass nouns (i.e. Pens. Books. Waters. Salts)
+==== ''Obviative'' ====
+Riagi has three levels of obviative/proximate distinctions
+*Proximate
+*:The most salient or proximate entity, unmarked
+*Obviative ({{smallcaps|obv}}) '''-ɰe'''
+*:The obviative marks a less salient entity
+*Further Obviative ({{smallcaps|fobv}}) '''-ɰē'''
+*:The further obviative mark is much less common, it marks an entity less salient than an obviative
+==== ''Pronouns'' ====
+{|  border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|-
+! colspan="2" | First Person (1)
+! colspan="2" | Dual Person (D)
+! colspan="2" | Second Person (2)
+! colspan="2" | Third Person (3)
+|-
+! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
+! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
+! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
+! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
+! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
+! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
+! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
+! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
+|-
+| ē
+| ō
+| na
+| nao
+| sa
+| sano
+| rage
+| rago
+|-
+! colspan="4" | Fourth Person (4)
+! colspan="4" | Fifth Person (5)
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Singular
+! colspan="2" | Plural
+! colspan="2" | Singular
+! colspan="2" | Plural
+|-
+| colspan="2" | nae
+| colspan="2" | nae'o
+| colspan="2" | re
+| colspan="2" | re'o
+|-
+! colspan="8" | Zero Person (0)
+|-
+! colspan="4" | Singular
+! colspan="4" | Plural
+|-
+| colspan="4" | anga
+| colspan="4" | anga'o
+|}
+* The First person plural is exclusive
+* The Dual person singular indicates both the Speaker and the Addressee
+* The Dual person Plural is an inclusive version of the first person plural
+* The Fourth person is an indefinite category that encompasses First and Dual persons. ''"These ones think so" (referring to themselves)''
+* The Fifth person is similar to the fourth but covers Second and Third persons.
+* The Zero person is a completely generic category. ''"One could say so"''
 === Verbs ===
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 ;Gerund
 :Used when employing the verb as an adjective or adverb
-=== ''Pronouns'' ===
-{|  border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
-|-
-! colspan="2" | First Person
-! colspan="2" | Dual Person
-! colspan="2" | Second Person
-! colspan="2" | Third Person
-|-
-! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
-! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
-! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
-! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
-! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
-! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
-! style="width: 80px;" | Singular
-! style="width: 80px;" | Plural
-|-
-| 1s
-| 1p
-| Ds
-| Dp
-| 2s
-| 2p
-| 3s
-| 3p
-|-
-! colspan="4" | Fourth Person
-! colspan="4" | Fifth Person
-|-
-! colspan="2" | Singular
-! colspan="2" | Plural
-! colspan="2" | Singular
-! colspan="2" | Plural
-|-
-| colspan="2" | 4s
-| colspan="2" | 4p
-| colspan="2" | 5s
-| colspan="2" | 5p
-|-
-! colspan="8" | Zero Person
-|-
-! colspan="4" | Singular
-! colspan="4" | Plural
-|-
-| colspan="4" | 0s
-| colspan="4" | 0p
-|}
-* The First person plural is exclusive
-* The Dual person singular indicates both the Speaker and the Addressee
-* The Dual person Plural is an inclusive version of the first person plural
-* The Fourth person is an indefinite category that encompasses First and Dual persons. ''"These ones think so" (referring to themselves)''
-* The Fifth person is similar to the fourth but covers Second and Third persons.
-* The Zero person is a completely generic category. ''"One could say so"''
 ===Conjunctions===