Mesaka language


Mesaka, or Ugarə, is a Tivoid language spoken in Cameroon.
Batomo may be a separate language, or it may be the same as Motomo, a dialect of Iceve-Maci.

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.
FrontCentralBack
CloseClose [front unrounded vowel| i]Close [central unrounded vowel| ɨ]Close back [rounded vowel| u]
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open ä

Mesaka is also a tonal language with two tones: high and low.