Beeke | |
Nativename: | Ibeeke |
States: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Speakers: | 1,000 |
Date: | 1994 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone D.30) |
Fam6: | Boan? (traditionally Nyali) |
Fam7: | Bali–Beeke |
Iso3: | bkf |
Glotto: | beek1238 |
Glottorefname: | Beeke |
Guthrie: | D.335 |
Beeke is a Bantu language of uncertain affiliation. Guthrie assigned to the Nyali cluster. However, Ethnologue suggests that it may be a divergent form of Bali. It is 65% cognate with Bali, but 38% with the Nyali language Ndaka.