Chinook Wawa

E300794
contact language lingua franca pidgin language trade language

Chinook Wawa is a historical pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest that blended Indigenous, English, and French elements to facilitate communication among diverse communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chinook Wawa canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
pidgin language ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
alternativeName Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinook Jargon ⓘ
surface form: Chinook jargon

Chinuk Wawa ⓘ
hasApproximateVocabularySize few hundred words ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of regional identity ⓘ
medium of intercultural communication ⓘ
vehicle for oral storytelling ⓘ
hasDescendant Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa ⓘ
hasGrammaticalType analytic language ⓘ
hasLexicalSource Chehalis language ⓘ
Chinook language ⓘ
Chinookan languages ⓘ
English language ⓘ
French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Nuu-chah-nulth language ⓘ
Salishan languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Chinookan languages ⓘ
hasStatus endangered language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
influencedToponymyIn British Columbia ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form: Washington State
primaryFunction interethnic communication ⓘ
trade ⓘ
revitalizationEffortIn Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon ⓘ
surface form: Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Columbia River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Columbia River basin

coastal trade networks of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
usedByGroup European traders ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest

fur traders ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ
settlers ⓘ
usedInRegion Alaska ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern United States

Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form: Washington State

Yukon ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinook Jargon → alternativeName → Chinook Wawa ⓘ
Chinuk Wawa → alternativeName → Chinook Wawa ⓘ