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单词 chinook jargon
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Chinook Jargon


Chinook Jargon

n. A pidgin language combining words from Nootka, Chinook, Salishan languages, French, and English, formerly used as a lingua franca in the Pacific Northwest.

Chinook Jargon

n (Languages) 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

Chinook′ Jar′gon


n. a pidgin based largely on Nootka, Lower Chinook, French, and English, once widely used as a lingua franca from Alaska to Oregon. [1830–40]
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Noun1.Chinook Jargon - a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North AmericaOregon Jargonpidgin - an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

Chinook jargon


Chinook jargon,

lingua francalingua franca
, an auxiliary language, generally of a hybrid and partially developed nature, that is employed over an extensive area by people speaking different and mutually unintelligible tongues in order to communicate with one another.
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 of early traders on the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada. It included Chinook, Nootka, English, and French words, with various borrowings.

Chinook Jargon


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Synonyms for Chinook Jargon

noun a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words

Synonyms

  • Oregon Jargon

Related Words

  • pidgin
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