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Beeke language

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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