Gaddang language
E145996
The Gaddang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gaddang people of northern Luzon in the Philippines, particularly in the Cagayan Valley region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaddang language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1199556 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaddang language Context triple: [Philippine–Cordilleran languages, hasMember, Gaddang language]
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A.
Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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C.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaddang language Target entity description: The Gaddang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gaddang people of northern Luzon in the Philippines, particularly in the Cagayan Valley region.
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A.
Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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C.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Northern Luzon subgroup of Philippine languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ibanag language
ⓘ
Itawit language ⓘ Malaweg language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gaddang
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaddang people
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Gaddanes
ⓘ
Gaddang ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Austronesian alignment
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contrastive vowel length ⓘ focus system ⓘ inclusive–exclusive distinction in first-person plural pronouns ⓘ phonemic stress ⓘ rich verbal affixation ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicFeature |
use of diacritics to mark stress in some orthographies
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use of digraphs to represent affricates ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant gemination
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five-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem | three-way deictic distinction in demonstratives ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | phonemic stress that can distinguish word meaning ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
preposed case markers
ⓘ
preposed determiners ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
verb–object–subject
ⓘ
verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | gad ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Cagayan Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Cagayan Valley region of northern Luzon
|
| region |
Cagayan Valley
ⓘ
Northern Luzon ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Gaddang
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaddang people
|
| spokenIn |
Cagayan Valley
ⓘ
Cagayan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Cagayan province
Isabela Province ⓘ
surface form:
Isabela province
Luzon ⓘ Nueva Vizcaya ⓘ
surface form:
Nueva Vizcaya province
Philippines ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Northern Luzon languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
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folk literature ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local religious practices
ⓘ
traditional songs and chants ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gaddang language Description of subject: The Gaddang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gaddang people of northern Luzon in the Philippines, particularly in the Cagayan Valley region.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.