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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Philippines > Gaddang

Gaddang

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3gad

Population  30,000 (1984 SIL).
Region  Luzon, Central Isabela, and Bagabag, Solano; Nueva Vizcaya, Bayombong.
Language map  Northern Philippines, reference number 24
Alternate names   Cagayan
Dialects  Less than 80% intelligibility of Ga’dang [gdg]. Lexical similarity: 80% with Ga’dang.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Northern Cordilleran, Cagayan Valley, Ibanagic, Gaddangic
Language use  Also use Ilocano [ilo].
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar.
Comments  A lowland group. ‘Gaddang’ refers to those in Nueva Vizcaya, ‘Cagayan’ to those in central Isabela. Christian.