Beeke language explained

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.