TheNamakura language,Makura orNamakir, is anOceanic language ofVanuatu. The language is spoken inShefa Province, northEfate,Tongoa, andTongariki. It is the onlyNorth-Central Vanuatu language to have preserved theProto-Oceanic*q, reflected as aglottal stop.

Namakura
Namakir
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Shepherds Islands (Tongoa & Tongariki), north ofEfate
Native speakers	3,800 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Epi-Efate Efate Namakura
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nmk
Glottolog	nama1268
Namakura is not endangered according to the classification system of theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger

• /v/ may also range to bilabial as[β], in free variation.
• /h/ can also range to uvular as[χ], in free variation.
• /ⁿd/ can also range to a retroflex[ᶯɖ] in free variation. When followed by a /r/, it is then realized as a trilled-articulated sound[ⁿdʳ,ᶯɖʳ].
• /r/ can be heard as a flap[ɾ] in initial position and as a trill[r] elsewhere.

• Two nasal vowel sounds [ẽ õ] are also rarely heard.
• /i/ when preceding a vowel can be heard as a glide [j].^[2]

• Materials on Makuraare included in a number of collections held byParadisec.

• Ray, Sydney H. (1897)."Vocabulary and Grammatical Notes on the Language of Makura, Central New Hebrides".The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.26. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland:67–73.doi:10.2307/2842333.JSTOR 2842333.