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{{Short description|Bantu dialect continuum of Central Africa}}
{{distinguish|Eotile language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Beti
|altname=Yaunde
|states=[[Cameroon]]
|ethnicity=[[Beti people]]s
|speakers=2.8 million
|date=1982–2013
|ref=<ref>Sum of figures in ''Ethnologue'' 18</ref>
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Volta-Congo]]
|fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantoid]]
|fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone A|Zone A]])
|dia1=[[Eton language|Eton]]
|dia2=[[Ewondo language|Ewondo]]
|dia3=[[Mengisa language|Mengisa]]
|iso3=btb
|iso3comment=(retired)<ref name="sil1"/><ref name="sil2"/>
|glotto=yaun1239
|glottorefname=Yaunde–Fang (A.70)
}}
'''Beti''' is a group of [[Bantu language]]s, spoken by the [[Beti people]]s who inhabit the [[rain forest]] regions of [[Cameroon]]. The varieties, which are largely [[mutually intelligible]] and variously considered dialects or closely related languages,{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} are:
:[[Ewondo language|Ewondo]]
:[[Eton language|Eton]]
:[[Mengisa language|Mengisa]]

Beti had an ISO 639-3 code, but it was retired in 2010 because the varieties of Beti already had their own codes.<ref name="sil1">{{Cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2009-032|title=Change Request Documentation: 2009-032|publisher=[[SIL International]]}}</ref><ref name="sil2">{{Cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2009/2009-032.pdf|title=Change Request Number 2009-032|publisher=[[SIL International]]|date=2009-06-12|first=John E.|last=McLaughlin|quote=Beti is a group name, not an individual language name. Member languages are Eton [eto], Ewondo [ewo] and Mengisa [mct], all of which already have their own code elements.}}</ref>

There is a Beti-based pidgin called [[Ewondo Populaire]].

==References==
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{{Languages of Cameroon}}
{{Languages of Equatorial Guinea}}
{{Languages of Gabon}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages}}

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[[Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea]]
[[Category:Languages of Gabon]]


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