Leti language (Cameroon)
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| Leti | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Mengisa |
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Native speakers
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"small population" (2014)[2] ritual L2 use |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: leo – Leti mct – Mengisa (duplicate code)[1] |
| Glottolog | leti1245[3] |
A.63 (Mengisa)[4] |
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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]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mengisa (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
