Mengisa
A language of Cameroon
| Population | 20,000 (1979 SIL). |
| Region | Center Province, Lekie Division, Sa’a Subdivision, Sanaga River bend area between the River and Sa’a. |
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Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 241 |
| Alternate names | Mangisa, Mengisa-Njowe |
| Dialects | May be intelligible with Ewondo [ewo]. The Mangisa people speak 2 languages: the Mengisa Njowi dialect, spoken daily, and Leti [leo], a secret language of tradition. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Yaunde-Fang (A.70) |
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