Leti language (Cameroon)
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Leti | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Mengisa |
Native speakers | "small population" (2014)[2] ritual L2 use |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:leo – Letimct – Mengisa (duplicate code)[1] |
Glottolog | leti1245 |
A.63 (Mengisa) [3] |
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.[2]
Leti is quite close to Tuki and may be a dialect.[1] 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[edit]
- ^ a b Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ a b Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mengisa (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ 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. Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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