trade language
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trade language
First recorded in 1955–65
Example Sentences
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Wyden pushed back on the criticisms, casting the amended trade language as a tailored approach to combat censorship by authoritarian countries like China and Russia.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022
On a document twice translated, first from English to Chinook jargon, a limited trade language, and then to Native dialects, the treaty’s terms were laid out.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022
Mr Allen says the pair are fluent in the trade language, Tok Pisin, and are studying the Kamea language - an unwritten dialect until 2009, when the couple began to note it down.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2018
Joseph sought them out and calmly informed them in Chinook Jargon, a widely spoken regional trade language, that they were trespassing.
From Slate • May 24, 2017
But it should also be noted that during the last hundred years the peoples belonging to the Nūtka-Columbian group have developed a trade language which they use in common.
From Pioneers in Canada by Wallcousins, E.
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