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"Jargon" is a simple language made up of words from two or more different languages. It is used as a common language between people who do not speak the same language.
The "Chinook Jargon" is an example of a jargon that was used in western North America. It was widely used between the First Nations people and the European fur traders in the 1800's, but is seldom used now. |
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I or me you he or she |
nika mika yaka |
we you they |
nesika mesika klaska |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
ikt mokst klone lakit kwin-num |
6 7 8 9 10 |
tag-hum sin-a-mokst ste-te-kin kwaist tah-tlum |
| Brief Word List | |
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boat Boston man Boston wawa by-by canim chuck cultus hiya hyack ikt iktas ill-a-hie King George man kla-ha-nie klootchman kloshe kum-tux la-hash man mesachie mitlite mow-itch muck-a-muck na? pe pish potlatch sag-ha-lie sammon si-wash skookum tenas tenas klootchman tenas man ticky tillicum tyee wake wawa wawa yukwa |
boat American English language good-bye canoe water worthless,bad much or plenty quick, hurry what? things land, country Englishman outdoors woman good know or understand axe man bad to live or stay deer food or eat question and fish gift or give up, above salmon native person strong small girl boy to want or wish friend or people chief no or not talk or language language or talk here |
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