Leti language (Cameroon)

Leti
Leti
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Mengisa
Native speakers	"small population" (2014); 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)

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.

Leti is quite close to Tuki and may be a dialect. It is also closely related to Eton.

Mengisa is spoken in the northern part of Sa'a commune (in Lekié department, Central Region).

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