The Delta-Mevevta is a family of indigenous languages. The name of the groups was based on their proto word for the word "human", deriving from del in Delisean and mevev in Meula and Kabean. The proto language is Proto Delta-Mavevta, PDM.
Some of the differences between the languages:
| Delta-Mevevta | Translation | Originally | Kab change | Kab | Kab | Meula change | Meula | Delis change | Delis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomin. | English | In PDM | Sg | Pl | |||||
| ʔakad | light | starting 'a | ʔa → ʔə → ʔɨ before losing ʔ | yked | yket | lost ʔ in modern Meula | akad- | ʔa → ɔ | okat |
| ʔibhak | unk. animal | starting 'i | ʔi → ʔe̞ | ebak | ebakt | lost ʔ in modern Meula | iwak- | ||
| ʔoda | prayer | starting 'o | ʔo → o̞ | od | ot | lost ʔ in modern Meula | oda | ʔo → u | ude |
| ezede | to eat | intervocalic /z/ | kept | ezd (verb) | - | /j/ | ejet | ||
| shave | cloud | intervocalic /v/ | kept | saav | saavt | /β̞/ | sawe | kept | sov |
| sighuh | narrow | intervocalic /ɣ/ | kept | sɣu | sɣuxt | /ɰ/ | siģus | /h/ | sihux |
| alsuh | place, local | round vowel + h ending | /h/ lost for sg. (also vowel if /u/), plural /Vɣut/ → /Vxt/ | os | osuxt | -uh → -s | als*** | h → x as coda, kept as pl., but lost sometimes* | ósux |
| pukah | tooth | a + h ending | /h/ lost for sg., plural ht → xt | pka | pkaxt | lengths vowel. /h/ lost | puká |
pukax | |
| koʔaden | man | -n ending | /n/ lost as sg.. plural -t is lost. | koode | kooden | /n/ is lost | koade | kept | køden |
| χalen | seed | intervocalic /l/ | kept | hale | halen | kept | rale | /ɾ/ | χaren |
| noloa | hand | intervocalic /l + back vowel/ | back vowel lost. | nol | nola | back vowel lost. | nola | back vowel lost. | nole |