Gaddang

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Cagayan

Population

30,000 (1984 SIL).

Location

Luzon, central Isabela Province; Nueva Vizcaya Province, Bagabag, Bayombong, and Solano municipalities.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Less than 80% intelligibility of Ga’dang [gdg]. Lexical similarity: 80% with Ga’dang [gdg].

Language Use

Also use Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources

Other Comments

A lowland group. Ethnonym: Gaddang for those in Nueva Vizcaya; Cagayan, for those in central Isabela. Christian.