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Eskimo Trade Jargon

Eskimo Trade Jargon
Native to Western Canadian Arctic
Native speakers
None
Inuit-based pidgin
Dialects
  • Herschel Island Eskimo Pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog eski1266

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.

A reduced form of the pidgin was used for ships' trade at Herschel Island off the Arctic coast near Alaska.



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