Beeke

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
bkf
Alternate Names
Babeeke, Beke, Ibeeke
User Population

1,000 (1994 SIL).

Location

Ituri province: Mambasa territory, Bandaka and Bombo collectivités, 1 village in each.

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Nyali (D.335)
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 65% with Bali [bcp], 46% with Lika [lik] and Bila [bip], 40% with Bira [brf], 38% with Ndaka [ndk].

Language Use

Most shifted to Ndaka [ndk].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Beeke
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Possibly ethnic Bali who moved away from Bali territory to 2 villages south of Ituri River, and in 1960s to Ndaka and Mbo [zmw] territory along the main road from Mambasa to Kisangani.