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People and languages

Bété people Bété may refer to: * Bété people of Côte d'Ivoire * Bété language or languages spoken by them * Bété alphabet * Bété (fruit), a small citrus fruit grown in southern Nigeria. Closely related to the lime. {{disambig ...

of Côte d'Ivoire **

Bété languages The Bété languages are a language cluster of Kru languages spoken in central-western Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. ...

Bété syllabary The Bété syllabary was created for the Bété language of Côte d'Ivoire (in West Africa) in the 1950s by artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. It consists of about 440 pictographic characters, which represent scenes from life and syllabary, stand ...

Bete people (Nigeria) Bete people hail from Bete Town, Takum, Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It ...

Bete language (Nigeria) The Bete language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town, Takum, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun Takum. It is close to Lufu. See also * Bete people Ex ...

, a language of Bete Town, Nigeria *

Bete (priest) The Bete were the traditional priestly class in Fiji. The ''kalou-vu'' (Ancestor-God In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god i ...

, the traditional priestly class in Fiji *

Bete Mendes Bete Mendes (born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira; 11 May 1949) is a Brazilian actress and politician. Biography Early life Bete Mendes was born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira in Santos, São Paulo. She is the daughter of Osmar Pires de Oliveira, ...

(born 1949), Brazilian actress and politician

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bete'' (1986 film), a Kannada-language film by V. Somasekhar *

Bete (2011 film) ''Bete'' () is a 2011 Kannada-language film directed by Srinivas Kaushik. The film stars Ayesha, Akshay, Ananth Nag, Ishitha Vyas and Adi Lokesh an action-oriented venture, was released on December 16, 2011. Plot The film is a classic Kannada ma ...

, a Kannada-language film directed by Srinivas Kaushik * '' La Bête'', a 1991 play by David Hirson * ''La Bête'' (film), a 1975 French erotic fantasy horror film *

Bête Bête, la Bête (), Beste or la Beste (''Jeu de la Beste''), originally known as Homme or l'Homme (''Jeu de l'Homme''), was an old, French, trick-taking card game, usually for three to five players. It was a derivative of Triomphe created by intr ...

, a historical French card game *

Bête (cards) Bête (from the French ''bête'' = "beast", "dumb animal" or "brute"), Labet or the Germanised Bete and (Low German) Beet, is a term used in certain card games for a penalty payment e.g. for failing to take the minimum number of tricks, or for a ...

, a penalty in certain card games

Other uses

* Beryllium telluride (BeTe)