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Makaa

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: mcp

Population	80,000 (1987 SIL).
Region	East Province, north Upper Nyong Division, Messamena, Abong-Mbang, Doume, Nguelemendouka Subdivisions.
Language maps	Southeastern Cameroon, reference number 243 Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 243
Alternate names	Mekaa, South Makaa, South Mekaa
Dialects	Bebent (Bebende, Biken, Bewil, Bemina), Mbwaanz, Sekunda. Related to Byep [mkk], Kol [biw].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Makaa-Njem (A.80)
Language development	Dictionary. Bible portions: 2000.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Stephen C., editor. 1991. Tone in five languages of Cameroon.  

CLAYTON, Fiona; HUNT, Jason; HUNT, Ulrike; ZANDBERGEN, Alies, authors. 2000. SALT 98: a short-term literacy team in Cameroon.

HEATH, Daniel P.; HEATH, Teresa A., authors. 1993. Preposed constituents and discontinuities in Makaa discourse.  

HEATH, Daniel P.; HEATH, Teresa A., authors. 2005. Makaa discourse features.  

HEATH, Daniel P.; HEATH, Teresa, authors. 1996. A preliminary grammar sketch of the Mékaa noun and verb morphology.  

HEATH, Daniel P.; HEATH, Teresa, authors. 1998. A preliminary grammar sketch of the Makaa noun modifiers and pronouns.  

HEATH, Daniel, author. 1991. "Tense and aspect in Makaa."  

HEATH, Daniel, author. 1991. "Tone in the Makaa associative construction."  

HEATH, Daniel, author. 1991. Tone in the Makaa associative construction.  

HEATH, Daniel, editor. 1989. Lexique mǝkaá-français.

HEATH, Daniel; HEATH, Teresa, authors. 1982. A phonology of the mǝkaa language.

HEATH, Daniel; HEATH, Teresa, authors. 1984. "Relative clauses in mǝkaa."

HEATH, Daniel; HEATH, Teresa, authors. 1994. "Preposed constituents and discontinuities in Makaa discourse."

HEATH, Teresa, author. 2003. "Makaa (A83)."

HEELEY, Matthew, author. 2000. A study of reader interest among the Makaa people of eastern Cameroon.  

HEELEY, Matthew, author. 2000. Un projet d'alphabétisation en langue mekaa dans le Consistoire Nkol Mvolan.  

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .

Vernacular Publications

Kálá tow mǝ́ cɛɛl bǝ nkweny. 1999.

Laŋ a mpwoŋ buud mǝkaa. 1992.

Makaa Mekhist. n.d.

Manuel pour lire et écrire la langue mǝkaá. 1985.

Manuel pour lire et écrire la langue məkaa. 1996.

Mbií bwó dʉ́ sâ mǝnyáŋ mǝ́ soja yí. 2000.

Mbu 1995. 1995.

Mǝbyaŋ mǝ́ mǝ́bwas mǝ́ ífambǝ́: Mbií bǝ́ dʉ́ bǝla nǝ nwǝ yí. 1992.

Məcûŋ má məbwas. 2002.

Mikaanǝ́ mí mǝkaá 1. 1996.

Mikanda mí mǝ́kaá. 1983.

Mikanda mi mékaaà 1 = Contes en langue mékaaà = Histoires I . 1996.  

Nəcé jí shé mə́ d́ʉ́ bə nə mishwóómbú yí = Pourquoi nous attrapons des vers intestinaux . 1999.  

Nǝcé jí shé mǝ́ dʉ bǝ nǝ mishwóómbú. 1989.

Shé mɔ́ jíí mɔtâŋ 2. 2002.

Shè ŋgǝ jííg ló̧lǝ 2 (Syllabaire en langue mǝkaá tome 2). 2003.

Shé ŋgǝ́ jíígʉ́lǝ lóólǝ. 1990.

Textes selectionnés. 1997.

Zə á də ibu̵lú?. 2002.