Leti language (Cameroon)
| Leti | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Mengisa |
Native speakers | "small population" (2014)[1] ritual L2 use |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:leo – Letimct – Mengisa (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | leti1245 |
A.63 (Mengisa)[2] | |
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.