Namakura

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
nmk
Alternate Names
Makura, Namakir
User Population

3,750 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Shefa province: north Efate, Tongariki and Tongoa.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Central Vanuatu
Dialects

Tongoa Island, Tongariki Island, Buninga, Makura (Emwae Island), Mataso.

Typology

19 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on the final syllable.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 2005.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Namakura
Writing

Latin script [Latn].