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!width="150"| Equal !!width="150"| Family !!width="150"| Stranger / Neutral !!width="150"| Teacher / Parent !!width="150"| Student / Child !! | !width="150"| Equal !!width="150"| Family !!width="150"| Stranger / Neutral !!width="150"| Teacher / Parent !!width="150"| Student / Child !! | ||
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|align="justify" valign="top"| <small>The '''Equal''' register is used with friends, acquaint-ances, coworkers, and others you interact with regularly who do not fall into any of the other categories. This is the “default” formality register in Grayis.</small> ||align="justify" valign="top"| <small>The '''Family''' register is similar to the Equal re-gister, except that it denotes that the listener is a member of the speaker’s family.</small> ||align="justify" valign="top"| <small>The '''Stranger''' register is used with anyone the speak-er does not know personally.</small> ||align="justify" valign="top"| <small>The '''Teacher''' register is used when addressing teachers, parents, men-tors, sometimes grandparents.</small> ||align="justify" valign="top"| <small>The '''Student''' register is used when addressing students, the speaker’s own children or grand-children, or anyone who is being taught, trained, or mentored by the speaker. | |||
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| '''chal'''|| '''cham'''|| '''chā'''<small><sup>1</sup></small>||'''char'''||'''chāh'''<small><sup>2</sup></small>||align=left valign=top| first person singular, ‘I’ | | '''chal'''|| '''cham'''|| '''chā'''<small><sup>1</sup></small>||'''char'''||'''chāh'''<small><sup>2</sup></small>||align=left valign=top| first person singular, ‘I’ |