DCHP-2

Chinook Jargon DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• a relatively simple trade language used by the Indians of the Pacific Coast in their dealings with whites and Indians of other tribes, based on the language of the Chinook Indians; words from Nootka, Salish, French, English, and other languages were adapted to the jargon.

  See also: Chinook (def. 2)  jargon  Siwash tongue  skookum  tillicum   trade jargon