Chinook Jargon
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chinook-jargon-172-8896303
title:
Chinook Jargon
text:
Chinook Jargon is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then to British Columbia and parts of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho and Montana. It sometimes took on the characteristics of a creole language. It is partly descended from the Chinook language, upon which much of its vocabulary is based. Reflecting its origins in early trade transa
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Pidgin trade language from the Pacific Northwest
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_Jargon
date created:
2003-02-19T06:19:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:54:02Z
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