Leti | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Mengisa |
Native speakers
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"small population" (2014) ritual L2 use |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: – Leti – Mengisa (duplicate code) |
Glottolog | leti1245 |
A.63 (Mengisa) |
Leti 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.