| 2.7.3 Three consonant clusters |
| The three consonant clusters are less in Yerava. The following types of three consonant clusters are identified. |
| -yng- |
puyngelari |
'boiled rice' |
| -ymb- |
oymbadu |
'nine' |
| -rnd- |
parndu |
'eagle' |
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| 2.8 Syllabic pattern |
The onset, peak and coda are three elements of a syllable in an Yerava word. The short or long vowel forms the peak of a syllable. The peak is an obligatory element of the syllable, and onset and coda are optional elements. The peak of the syllable may have a consonant or a consonant cluster as an onset or as a coda. |
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2.8.1 Types of syllables |
There are three types of syllables. They are |
Initial syllables
Medial syllables
Final syllables
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| In Yerava all the words end in a vowel. The initial and medial syllables can be further subgrouped into two types. |
Open types
Close types
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| The final syllables are of only one type, viz., open type. |
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Initial syllables |
There are fourteen types of initial syllables. Among them four are of open type, the rest ten are close type. They are V-,  -,_CV-, C-, VC-, C-, VCC-, VCCC-, CC-, CVC-, CVCC-, CC-, CCC-, and CVCCC- |
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