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chinook jargon: Chinook Jargon is a simplified and pidginized language that was historically used as a trade language in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It comprises elements of Native American, English, French, and other languages. The phrase refers to this specific linguistic and cultural context
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  • A pidginized Native American language used by various tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

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Chinook Jargon was a pidgin or trade language established among indigenous inhabitants of the region.
Includes dictionary of Chinook jargon.
Chinook Jargon language.
The name tahtlum derives from Chinook Jargon which means ten.
The dugout canoe was named the Tilikum, meaning friend in Chinook Jargon.
Some derivations from Chinook Jargon are given below.
Chinook Jargon is a trade language, and was once used throughout much of the Pacific Northwest.
The name is from a Chinook Jargon word for " elk.
Chinook Jargon use by English-language speakers.
Its name stems from a Chinook Jargon word meaning " cap.
It was a British establishment, but the primary languages were Canadian French and Chinook Jargon.
Wecoma is a Chinook jargon word meaning " sea.
However, it contributed to Chinook Jargon.
Hyak is chinook jargon for " speedy.
The Nuu-chah-nulth language contributed much of the vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon.

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Siwash is a Chinook Jargon word for native peoples, derived from the French " sauvage ", wild.
The name " Mowich " derives from the Chinook jargon word for deer.
This mid-19th century periodical is written in Chinook jargon.
The name derives from the Chinook Jargon word ilahekh, meaning " land " or " earth.
Tenasillahe means ' island ' in Chinook Jargon.

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