Russian has a similar distinction: if there are two "he's", you can use "on" (proximate) and "tot" (distant) to distinguish between them. Like, "he (on) said

Russian has a similar distinction: if there are two "he's", you can use "on" (proximate) and "tot" (distant) to distinguish between them. Like, "he (on) said it was okay, but he (tot) disagreed". In this example, the first "he" is the person with the main focus in the conversation, and "tot" is someone else who was also mentioned but is not the main focus.