Native to Cameroon Glottolog leti1245 | Ethnicity Mengisa | |
Native speakers "small population" (2014)
ritual L2 use Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Mbam
Sanaga
Tuki
Leti ISO 639-3 Either:
leo – Leti
mct – Mengisa (duplicate code) | ||
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.
References
Leti language (Cameroon) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA