Leti is a Bantu language of

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, 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 A sacre ...

. 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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