East Kutubuan languages

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,

Fiwaga and Foi,

East Kutubuan
East Kutubu
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Papuan Gulf ? Kikorian Kutubuan East Kutubuan
Subdivisions	Fiwaga Foi
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.