Mesaka, or Ugarə, is a

Tivoid language The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the most spoken language in the group. The majority are threatened with extinction. The larg ...

spoken in

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

. Batomo may be a separate language, or it may be the same as Motomo (Oliti, Matchi), a dialect of

Iceve-Maci Ceve (Iceve), or ''Iceve-Maci'', is a Tivoid language The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the most spoken language in the group. ...

(''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 Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning – that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information and to convey emph ...

with two tones: high and low.

References

Languages of Cameroon Tivoid languages {{Cameroon-lang-stub