Namakura

NMK

vigorous

Alternate Names: Makura, Namakir

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

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 3,750 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 2005.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu