Leti is a Bantu language of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, spoken by the
Mengisa people. Most Mengisa have switched to the
Eton language
Eton, or Ìtón, is a Bantu language spoken by the Eton people of Cameroon.Velde, Mark L. O. Van de. ''A Grammar of Eton'', p. 3
It is mutually intelligible with Ewondo, a fact which may have delayed its study for some time.
Eton speakers i ...
, though a number of them continue to use Leti as a secret
ritual language
A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is any language that is cultivated and used primarily in church service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives.
Concept
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. 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 Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
Eton may also refer to:
Places
*Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England
* Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States
* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
.Lekié
Lekié is a department of Centre Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 2,989 km and had a total population of 354,864. The capital of the department lies at Monatélé.
It is named after the Lekié River.
Subdivisions
Th ...
department, Central Region).
References
Ritual languages
Mbam languages
Languages of Cameroon
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