Beeke
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 1,000 (1994 SIL). |
| Region | Orientale Province, Ituri District, Mambasa Territory, Bandaka and Bombo collectivités, 1 village in each. |
| Alternate names | Beke, Ibeeke |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 65% with Bali [bcp], 46% with Lika [lik] and Bila [bip], 40% with Bera [brf], 38% with Ndaka [ndk]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Lega-Kalanga (D.20) |
| Language use | Most prefer to use Ndaka. |
| Comments | Probably ethnic Bali who moved away from Bali territory to 2 villages south of Ituri River, and in the 1960s to Ndaka and Mbo [zmw] territory along the main road from Mambasa to Kisangani. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Ndaka / Mbo / Beeke survey report."
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