chinook jargon in English
noun
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an extinct pidgin composed of elements from Chinook, Nootka, English, French, and other languages, formerly used in the Pacific Northwest.
Jargons are used for communicating in limited situations: trade jargons generally, and Chinook Jargon , a trade language spoken along the north-west Pacific coast of North America from the 18c.
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1. Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest, and spreading during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then British Columbia and parts of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho and Montana while sometimes taking …