Leti language (Cameroon)

Leti
Leti
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Mengisa
Native speakers	"small population" (2014); ritual L2 use
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo languages Benue–Congo languages Southern Bantoid languages Bantu Mbam Sanaga Tuki? Leti; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; leo – Leti; mct – Mengisa (duplicate code)
Glottolog	leti1245
Guthrie code	A.63 (Mengisa)

Leti, or Mangisa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Mengisa people. Most Mengisa have switched to the Eton language, though a number of them continue to use Leti as a secret ritual language. A smaller number speak Leti as their mother tongue.^[1]

Leti is quite close to Tuki and may be a dialect.^[3] It is also closely related to Eton.^[4]

Mengisa is spoken in the northern part of Sa'a commune (in Lekié department, Central Region).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mengisa (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
^ ^a ^b Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.