Mesaka language
{{Short description|Tivoid language spoken in Cameroon}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Mesaka
|nativename=Ugarə
|states=Cameroon
|speakers=14,000
|date=1982
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Volta-Congo
|fam4=Benue–Congo
|fam5=Bantoid
|fam6=Southern Bantoid
|fam7=Tivoid
|iso3=iyo
|glotto=mesa1245
|glottorefname=Mesaka
}}
Mesaka, or Ugarə, is a Tivoid language spoken in Cameroon.
Batomo may be a separate language, or it may be the same as Motomo (Oliti, Matchi), a dialect of Iceve-Maci (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).
Phonology
=Vowels=
Vowel length is often contrastive in sequences of two similar vowels. Sequences of dissimilar vowels are not observed unless there's a consonant in-between.
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|+ Vowels of Mesaka ! ! Front ! Central ! Back |
Close
| i | ɨ | u |
Close-mid
| e | | o |
Open-mid
| ɛ | | ɔ |
Open
| | ä | |
Mesaka is also a tonal language with two tones: high and low.{{cite web|last1=Blench |first1=Roger M. |title=The Tivoid languages: Classification and Comparative Word List |date=November 2011 |url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Bantoid/Tivoid/General/Tivoid%20comparative.pdf |access-date=21 July 2022}}
References
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{{Languages of Cameroon}}
{{Tivoid languages}}
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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