| Gaʼdang | |
|---|---|
| Gaddang | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Gaddang people |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gdg |
| Glottolog | gada1258 |
 Area where Gaʼdang language is spoken according to Ethnologue maps | |
Gaʼdang is an Austronesian language spoken in Northern Luzon,Philippines particularly inParacelis,Mountain Province,Luzon;Potia,Ifugao Province; andTabuk,Kalinga Province. There are some residents of speakers inAurora andNueva Vizcaya. Many Ga'dang speakers speakIlocano as their second language.
The Ga'dang language is related to Ibanag, Itawis, Malaueg and others. It is distinct in that it featuresphonemes not present in many neighboringPhilippine languages. As an example, the "f", "v", "z" and "j" sounds appear in Ga'dang. There are notable differences from other languages in the distinction between "r" and "l" (and between "r" and "d"), and the "f" sound is avoiceless bilabial fricative somewhat distinct from thefortified "p" sound common in many Philippine languages (but not much closer to the Englishvoiceless labiodental fricative). Finally, the (Spanish) minimally-voiced "J" sound has evolved to a plosive (so the nameJoseph sounds to the American ear asKosip).
Most Ga'dang speakers use six vowel sounds:/a/,/i/,/u/,/ɛ/,/o/,/ɯ/
Ga'dang features doubled consonants, so the language may sound guttural to Tagalog, Ilokano, and even Pangasinan speakers. The uniqueness of this circumstance is often expressed by saying Ga'dang speakers have "a hard tongue".
For example:tudda (tood-duh). which means rice.
Ga'dang is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from[ɾ]-[d] allophony.
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