Beeke language

Beeke
Ibeeke
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	1,000 (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[2]
Guthrie code	D.335[3]

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

1. Beeke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Beeke". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online