Beeke | |
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Ibeeke | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1994)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | bkf |
Glottolog | beek1238 |
D.335 [2] | |
ELP | 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.
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