ISO_639:leo

Leti language (Cameroon)

Leti language (Cameroon)

Bantu language of Cameroon

Not to be confused with Leti language or Eton language.

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mengisa (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. [3]
    Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. [4]
    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.


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