The East Kutubuan languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classification of Malcolm Ross. There are just two languages,
| 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 | |
which are not close to the West 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.
References
edit- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.