The word final /a/ of Malayalam is correspond /e/ in Yerava.

ara ‘half' are ala ‘wave’ ale mala ‘mountain’ male co:ra ‘blood’ o:re pata ‘foam’ pate cuma ‘cough’ cume para ‘to tell’ pare pacca ‘green’ pacce

The word final /m/ of Malayalam is correspondingly /Ø/ om Yerava.

maram ‘tree’ mara ka:lam ‘season’ ka:la nerram ‘time’ ne:ra kollam ‘year’ kolla kalam ‘pot’ kala pa:lam ‘bridge’ pa:la

The flap /r/ and the trill /R/ of Malayalam have correspondingly /r/ the trill in Yerava.

cori ‘shower’         cori ‘shower, itch’ coRi ‘itch’     ciri ‘smile’         ciri ‘to smile, lip’ ciRi ‘lip’

The euophonic -u is present in Yerava. Hence, all the Yerava words end in a vowel. And nasalization is absent.

Regarding the formation of clusters, Malayalam has in initial consonant clusters whereas in Yerava such cluster formation is absent.