One of the most striking differences is in words like eda (you) and kola (I) in the Nusa Penida dialect.

Speakers of the Nusa Lembongan dialect use words like cai or ci (you) and cang (I).

However, there is a notable difference between the two dialects, namely the loss or reduction of the phoneme /a/ at the end of words.

[9] Below is a comparison of several vocabulary words in the Nusa Penida dialect and standard Balinese: In standard Balinese, the initial letter [u] is commonly used, whereas in the Nusa Penida dialect, [u] is replaced and pronounced as [o].

Additionally, the letters [o] and [h] are more frequently used at the beginning of words, such as in homah, honya, hoba, hobat, and poles.