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 The affix positions are the following: <tt>NOUN.case.obviative.number</tt>
 ==== ''Cases'' ====
-Riagi has a system of dual noun cases where one marks the syntactic role and the other the semantic role
+* Nominative ({{smallcaps|nom}}) '''Ø'''
+*: Marks the agent, the entity which performs the action
-=====Argument Cases=====
+* Absolutive ({{smallcaps|abs}}) '''-o'''
-Argument cases are cases which mark the different arguments on a sentence.
+*: Marks the patient or theme, that is the entity that undergoes the action
-* Nominative ({{smallcaps|nom}})
+*Instrumental ({{smallcaps|ins}}) '''-oe'''
-*: Marks the agent of a transitive verb and the active subject of an intransitive verb
-* Absolutive ({{smallcaps|abs}})
-*: Marks the object of a transitive verb and the passive subject of an intransitive verb
-* Dative ({{smallcaps|dat}})
-*: Marks the indirect objects of a verb
-=====Thematic Cases=====
-Thematic cases are cases which mark the thematic relations between each of the arguments on a sentence.
-*Agentive ({{smallcaps| - }})
-*: Marks the entity which carries out the action, this theme is exclusive to the nominative case.
-*Patientive ({{smallcaps|pat}})
-*: Marks the patient or theme, that is the entity that undergoes the action, it is unmarked
-*Instrumental ({{smallcaps|ins}})
 *: Marks the instrument or entity with which the action was carried out, this can be a tool or a person.
-*Locative ({{smallcaps|loc}})
+*Locative ({{smallcaps|loc}}) '''-ae'''
 *: Marks the location or time at which the action was performed
-*Benefactive ({{smallcaps|ben}})
+*Benefactive ({{smallcaps|ben}}) '''-a'''
 *: Marks the entity for whose benefit the action occurs, this includes recipients with verbs that express change of possession
-*Origative ({{smallcaps|ori}})
+*Origative ({{smallcaps|ori}}) '''-ti'''
 *: Marks the place, time, motive or cause from which the action originated, it also acts as a possessive.
-*Metative ({{smallcaps|met}})
+*Metative ({{smallcaps|met}}) '''-mi'''
 *: Marks the direction, purpose or objective towards which the action aims
-=====Declensions=====
-{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
-|-
-! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:120px" |
-! style="width:90px" | Agentive
-! style="width:90px" | Patientive
-! style="width:90px" | Instrumental
-! style="width:90px" | Locative
-! style="width:90px" | Benefactive
-! style="width:90px" | Origative
-! style="width:90px" | Metative
-|-
-! Ø
-! o
-! oe
-! ae
-! a
-! i
-! ui
-|-
-! Nominative
-! style="width:40px" | Ø
-| Ø
-| o
-| -oe
-| -ae
-| -a
-| -i
-| -ui
-|-
-! Absolutive
-! t
-| -
-| -to
-| -toe
-| -tae
-| -ta
-| -ti
-| -tui
-|-
-! Dative
-! m
-| -
-| -mo
-| -moe
-| -mae
-| -ma
-| -mi
-| -mui
-|}
 ==== ''Obviative'' ====