Beeke

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639: bkf
Alternate Names: Babeeke, Beke, Ibeeke
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.

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