Leti language (Cameroon)

{{Short description|Bantu language of Cameroon}}

{{Distinguish|Leti language|Eton language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Leti

|nativename=

|states=Cameroon

|ethnicity=Mengisa

|speakers="small population"

|speakers2=ritual L2 use

|date=2014

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo languages

|fam3=Benue–Congo languages

|fam4=Southern Bantoid languages

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Mbam

|fam7=Sanaga

|fam8=Tuki?

|lc1=leo|ld1=Leti

|lc2=mct|ld2=Mengisa (duplicate code)

|glotto=leti1245

|glottorefname=Leti (Cameroon)

|guthrie=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.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices It is also closely related to Eton.

Mengisa is spoken in the northern part of Sa'a commune (in Lekié department, Central Region).{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}