Beeke is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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of uncertain affiliation. Guthrie assigned to the
Nyali cluster. However, ''Ethnologue'' suggests that it may be a divergent form of
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
. It is 65% cognate with Bali, but 38% with the Nyali language
Ndaka.
References
Nyali languages
Boan languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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