Mesaka language explained

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.

Mesaka is also a tonal language with two tones: high and low.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blench . Roger M. . The Tivoid languages: Classification and Comparative Word List . November 2011 . 21 July 2022.