CHINOOK JARGON


Meaning of CHINOOK JARGON in English

Function: noun

Usage: often cap J

Date: 1840

: a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern U.S. and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska

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