Chinook Jargon

[ shi-nook-jahr-guhn, -gon, -nook, chi- ]

noun
  1. a pidgin based largely on Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Lower Chinook, French, and English, once widely used as a lingua franca from Alaska to Oregon.

Origin of Chinook Jargon

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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Chinook Jargon

noun
  1. a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America

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