| East Kutubuan | |
|---|---|
| East Kutubu | |
| Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Papuan Gulf ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | east2499 |
 Map: The East Kutubuan languages of New Guinea The East Kutubuan languages Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
TheEast Kutubuan languages are a smallfamily ofTrans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classification ofMalcolm Ross. There are just two languages,
which are not close to theWest Kutubuan languages. These were linked in a "Kutubuan" family by Franklin and Voorhoeve in 1973, but there is some debate over whether they are closer to each other than to other Kikorian languages. Although East Kutubuan has proto-TNG vocabulary, Ross considers its inclusion in TNG to be questionable.