Ethnologue

Ga’dang

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Baliwon, Gaddang, Ginabwal

Population

6,000 (2002 SIL). Very few monolinguals.

Location

Cordillera Administrative Region: Ifugao province, Potia; Kalinga province, Tabuk city; Mountain province, Paracelis.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with Gaddang [gad].

Language Use

Also use Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 60%–80%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%–80%. Literature. NT: 2000.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.