Chinook Jargon

E54295
contact language pidgin language trade language

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

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chinook Jargon canonical 14
Chinook jargon 1
Chinookan trade jargon 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language ⓘ
pidgin language ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
alternativeName Chinook Wawa ⓘ
Chinuk Wawa ⓘ
The Jargon ⓘ
culturalRole influenced regional place names and slang ⓘ
medium of intercultural communication in the Pacific Northwest fur trade era ⓘ
developedFor communication between Indigenous peoples and European settlers ⓘ
interethnic communication ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily pidgin ⓘ
hasLexicalSourceLanguage Chinookan languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Nootka language ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth language

Salishan languages ⓘ
hasLexifierLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasLoanwordsIn British Columbia English ⓘ
Western American English ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Northwest English

regional toponymy of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
hasNotableFeature relatively small core vocabulary ⓘ
served as a lingua franca across multiple language families ⓘ
simplified grammar ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Chinookan languages ⓘ
Nootka language ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth language

Salishan languages ⓘ
hasRevitalizationStatus undergoing revitalization in some communities ⓘ
hasSubstrateLanguage Chinookan languages ⓘ
Nootka language ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth language

Salishan languages ⓘ
historicalStatus largely extinct as a pidgin ⓘ
peakUsagePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
timeOfOrigin early 19th century ⓘ
usedBy European traders ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company employees ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest

missionaries in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
settlers in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
usedInRegion Alaska ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern United States

Canada West Coast ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Coast of Canada

Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Chief Seattle → spokeLanguage → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinookan peoples → used → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Sealth → languageSpoken → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinookan languages → hasDescendant → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Clackamas people → uses → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinookan trade jargon
Lummi language → historicalContactWith → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Nooksack language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Kalapuyan languages → arealContactWith → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinuk Wawa → alternativeName → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinuk Wawa → alternativeName → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinuk jargon
Chinook Wawa → alternativeName → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinook Wawa → alternativeName → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinook jargon
British Columbia English → hasInfluenceFrom → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Treaty of Point No Point → languageOfNegotiation → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) → language → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Alki → languageOfOrigin → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Washington State, United States → stateMottoLanguage → Chinook Jargon ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington (state)