Eskimo Trade Jargon
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| Eskimo Trade Jargon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Western Canadian Arctic |
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Native speakers
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None |
| Dialects |
Herschel Island Eskimo Pidgin
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | eski1266[1] |
Eskimo Trade Jargon was an Inuit pidgin used by the Mackenzie River Inuit as a trade language with the Athabaskan peoples to their south, such as the Gwich'in (Loucheux). It was reported by Stefánsson (1909), and was apparently distinct from the Athabaskan-based Loucheux Jargon of the same general area.[2]
A reduced form of the pidgin was used for ships' trade at Herschel Island off the Arctic coast near Alaska.[3]
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