Leti language (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]

Leti
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Mengisa
Native speakers	"small population" (2014)[1] ritual L2 use
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo languages Benue–Congo languages Southern Bantoid languages Bantu Mbam Sanaga Tuki? Leti
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: leo – Leti mct – Mengisa (duplicate code)
Glottolog	leti1245
Guthrie code	A.63 (Mengisa)[2]

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]