title: Mesaka language
text: # 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.
  
  