Leti language (Cameroon) explained

Leti
States:Cameroon
Ethnicity:Mengisa
Speakers:"small population"
Speakers2:ritual L2 use
Date:2014
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo languages
Fam3:Benue–Congo languages
Fam4:Southern Bantoid languages
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Mbam
Fam7:Sanaga
Fam8:Tuki?
Lc1:leo
Ld1:Leti
Lc2:mct
Ld2:Mengisa (duplicate code)
Glotto:leti1245
Glottorefname:Leti (Cameroon)
Guthrie: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.

Leti is quite close to Tuki and may be a dialect.[1] It is also closely related to Eton.

Mengisa is spoken in the northern part of Sa'a commune (in Lekié department, Central Region).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Book: Binam Bikoi. Charles. 2012. Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM). Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon. 1: Inventaire des langues. fr. Yaoundé. CERDOTOLA. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC). 9789956796069.