Beeke language

{{Short description|Bantu language of DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Beeke

|nativename=Ibeeke

|region=

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|speakers=1,000

|date=1994

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone D.30)

|fam6=Boan?
(traditionally Nyali)

|fam7=Bali–Beeke

|iso3=bkf

|glotto=beek1238

|glottorefname=Beeke

|guthrie=D.335

}}

Beeke is a Bantu language of uncertain affiliation. Guthrie assigned to the Nyali cluster. However, Ethnologue suggests that it may be a divergent form of Bali. It is 65% cognate with Bali, but 38% with the Nyali language Ndaka.