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Chinook Jargon
[ shi-nook jahr-guhn, -gon, -nook, chi- ]
noun
- 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.
Chinook Jargon
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Chinook Jargon1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
The tribe is practically extinct, but the name survives in the trade language known as “Chinook jargon.”
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In the mean time Serge was talking to the natives in Chinook jargon.
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Now and then when the Indian's sense of humour got the best of him he varied his Chinook jargon with Wild shrieks of laughter.
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