Beeke

BKF

moribund

Alternate Names: Beke, Ibeeke

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 65% with Bali ,, 46% with Lika , and Bila ,, 40% with Bera ,, 38% with Ndaka ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
D
Bira-Nyali (D.335)

Demographics: 1,000 (1994 SIL).

Language Use: Also use Ndaka [ndk].

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 , territory along the main road from Mambasa to Kisangani.