In Paniya Yerava the nasal // does not occur initially. In Panjiri Yerava the same occurs word initially.

aku   ‘for me'

Word medially, the nasal // of Paniya Yerava has /nj/ correspondingly in Panjiri Yerava.

Paniya Yerava   Panjiri Yerava ne:elu ‘plougher’ ne:njelu kai ‘rice broth’ kanji

The retroflex palatal lateral /l/ is not there in Paniya Yerava. But it is present in Panjiri Yerava.

la:u   ‘two’

Note that only in Panjiri Yerava, a lateral occurs in the word initial position. Note also, that the corresponding word in Paniya Yerava is ira:u ‘two’.

The retroflex palatal lateral /l/ found in many Dravidian languages has correspondingly /y/ in Paniya Yerava. The same is /v/ in Panjiri Yerava.

maye ‘rain’ ma:vu puyu ‘worm’ pu:vu ba:ye ‘banana’ ba:vu kayi ‘to wash’ kavu u:yu ‘to plough’ u:vu kiya:ngu ‘sweet roots’ kuva:ngu

The initial /u/ and /i/ of Paniya Yerava in certain words are dropped correspondingly in Panjiri Yerava words.

ura:i ‘wife’ ra:i ura:e ‘husband’ ra:e uge:ru ‘hight’ ge:ra ua:ku ‘to dry’ a:kn ire:ci ‘mutton’ re