Gaddang
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Total speakers	30,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Northern Cordilleran Gaddang
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	phi
ISO 639-3	gad
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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.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Phonology 2 Grammar 2.1 Nouns 2.2 Personal Pronouns 2.3 Demonstrative Pronouns 2.4 Enclitic Particles 2.5 Existential 2.6 Interrogative Words 3 Structure 4 Examples 4.1 Numbers 4.2 Simple greetings 4.3 Numbers 4.4 Sentences 5 External references

[edit] Sounds

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Consonants

[edit] Phonology

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

[edit] Grammar

[edit] Nouns

• house - balai
• girl - bafai
• boy - lalaki
• snake - irao
• person - tolay
• water - danum
• plate - duyug
• light - siruat
• name - ngan
• bird - pappitut
• pig - bafuy
• carabao - daffug
• key - illaddu
• road - dalan
• stomach - kuyun
• slipper - sinelyat
• food - maac-can
• rice cake - dekat

[edit] Personal Pronouns

• I - Iccanak
• You - Icca
• He, She, It - Baggina
• We (exclusive) - Iccami
• We (inclusive) - Iccanetam
• You (plural/polite) - Iccayu
• They - Ira
• mother- karayoan
• father- sopot
• brother- boray
• sister- lapit
• grandfather- chupa
• sibling - wayi

[edit] Demonstrative Pronouns

[edit] Enclitic Particles

[edit] Existential

[edit] Interrogative Words

• nenay - what
• saay - why
• sintaw - where
• assinnu - who
• kasan-nu - how
• pigya - how much

[edit] Structure

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: .

[edit] Examples

[edit] Numbers

[edit] Simple greetings

• Good morning - Dios a daddaramat.
• Good afternoon - Dios a tangganaw.
• Good evening/night - Dios a gaffi.
• How are you? - Manantaw ka?
• I'm good and you? Mappia nac, icca ay?
• I'm just fine thank god - Dios mabbalat, mappia ak.
• Thank you - Dios mabbalat.
• Where are you going? - Sintaw angan nu?
• I'm going to...Umang nac so......
• What are you doing? - Nenay angwa-angwan nu?
• Oh, Nothing in particular. - Awan lamang
• Please come in. - Makigumallak ac, umunag ca.
• happy birthday- maka yoan ka??
• we visit our grandfather- chupa ana lolo!!
• Are we good grandfather?- cun dom chupa ka?
• Who are you?- sop sup ka?
• Dodge that ball!- gwa fu ka a yu!

[edit] Numbers

• 0- awan
• 1- tata
• 2- addua
• 3- tallu
• 4- appat
• 5- lima
• 6- annam
• 7- pitu
• 8- walu
• 9- siyam
• 10- tafulu
• 11- tafulu tata
• 12- tafulu dua
• 13- tafulu tallu
• 14- tafulu appat
• 15-tafulu lima
• 20- duafulu
• 21- duafulu tata
• 22- duafulu dua
• 100- tahatut
• 200- duatut
• 500- limatut
• 1000- tarifu
• 2000- duarifu

[edit] Sentences

Gaddang	Tagalog	English
nenay inaccannu singcabbulan	Ano ang kinain mo kanina?	What did you eat?
nenay inaccan diaw sin kabbulan	Ano ang kinain ninyo kanina ?	What did you,(all) eat?
nenay inaccan nu	Ano ang kinain mo?	What did you eat?
nenay accanan nu cicina	Ano ang kakainin mo mamaya?	What are you going to e
paddatang na manggan kamin	Pagdating niya, kumakain kami.	We were eating when he came.
nu dimatang baggina, de nanggan kamin	Kung dumating sana siya, nakakain sana kami.	I (We) hope that by the time he would have arrived, we would have eaten.
mem manggan	Huwag kang kumain.	Don't eat.
Mangngan ka.	Kumain ka na!	Eat!
inquac yan	Akin yan!	That's mine!
angganma cu icca	Mahal kita	I love you

[edit] External references

• Ethnologue on Gaddang
• Global Recordings Network