Native speakers 1,000 (1994) Glottolog beek1238 | ISO 639-3 bkf Guthrie code D.335 | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone D.30)
Boan?
(traditionally Nyali)
Bali–Beeke
Beeke |
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.
References
Beeke language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA