Mesaka language
# 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 (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.

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.

