Leti is a Bantu language of

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, spoken by the Mengisa people. Most Mengisa have switched to the

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, 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

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department, Central Region).

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