Beeke language

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.

Beeke
Ibeeke
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone D.30) Boan? (traditionally Nyali) Bali–Beeke Beeke
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bkf
Glottolog	beek1238
Guthrie code	D.335[2]
ELP	Beeke