Gaddang language

language
name=Gaddang
states=Philippines
region=Luzon
speakers=30,000
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
fam4=Northern Luzon
fam5=Northern Cordilleran
iso2=phi|iso3=gad

The Gaddang language (also Gaddang or Cagayan ) is spoken by up to 30,000 speakers (the Gaddang people) in the Philippines, in the northeastern provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela and by overseas immigrants in countries located Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, in the Middle East, UK and the U.S.A.. Most of the speakers can also speak Ilocano, the lingua franca of Northern Luzon. Gaddang is derived from . It is closely related to Ibanag, Itawis, Agta, Atta, Yogad, Isneg and Malaweg.

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Vowels

Consonants

Phonology

Gaddang is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from IPA| [ɾ] -IPA| [d] allophone.

=Grammar=

Nouns

Personal Pronouns

*I - Ikanak
*You - Ikka
*He, She, It - Biggina
*We (inclusive) - Ikkami
*We (exclusive) -
*You (plural/polite) - Ikkayu
*They - Ira

Demonstrative Pronouns

Enclitic Particles

Existential

Interrogative Words

tructure

The Gaddang language is distinct in that it features phonemes that are not present in many other neighboring Philippine languages. It is related to Ibanag, Itawis, Malaueg and others.As an example the "f","v","z" and "j" sounds. - rice, - pig, - goat, or - maid.

In addition to this, Gaddang also features doubled consonants. Therefore making the language sound "hard" or guttural. For example: , Pronounced meaning

This is an example of a Gaddang proverb, that is also known throughout the archipelago.

" ."

Translated to: .

amples

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There are multiple ways of saying each pronoun in Gaddang. For example: - I ate, - I will get, but again you can't say In some occasions a simple glottal stop at the end of the verb conveys the "I" in a sentence as in the example of " ' - which means .

Examples

Loan Words

Numbers

imple greetings

*Good morning -
*Good afternoon -
*Good evening/night -
*How are you? -
*I'm good and you? -
*I'm just fine thank god -
*Thank you -
*Where are you going? -
*I'm going to...
*What are you doing? -
*Oh, Nothing in particular. -
*Please come in. -

Numbers

*0- awan
*1- tata
*2- adawa
*3- tallu
*4- appat
*5- lima
*6- annam
*7- pitu
*8- walu
*9- siyam
*10- tafulu
*100- tatut
*200- dwatut
*500- limatut
*1000- ta rifu
*2000- adwa rifu

Sentences

External references

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gad Ethnologue on Gaddang]
* [http://globalrecordings.net/program/C07891 Global Recordings Network]