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In Nivkh, nouns have distinct singular and plural forms. There are basically two ways in which the Nivkh language indicates plurality. One is to add the plural marker -gun to the NP. The other involves indication plurality by means of reduplication of the noun stem. Moreover, plurality of subject is also indicated by means of attaching the plural marker -gun to finite verbs although it is not obligatory. Besides, in some cases, the plural marker that is attached to the object noun like in the following example indicates that the subject of sentence is plural. (19) Tangiku & Paklina (2008: 24) hud- un, p - a- un fur- avr-d that-PL REFL-name-PL say-NEG-IND ‘They did not say their name’ In this study, I discussed the possibility that the plural marker -gun affects distributive reading.