Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific...

The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon...

Columbia River by Chinook peoples Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest Lower Chinook, a Chinookan language...

Chinook-speaking groups were once powerful in trade, before and during early European contact (Lewis & Clark), hence developed the Chinook Jargon –...

Haida Jargon Chinook Jargon Medny Aleut language Thomas, Edward Harper (1935). Chinook: A History and Dictionary of the NorthWest Coast Trade Jargon: The...

encountered the Chinook Tribe on the lower Columbia. The term "Chinook" also has a wider meaning in reference to the Chinook Jargon, which is based on...

pidgins and creole languages. For example, the Chinook Jargon was a pidgin. Although technical jargon's primary purpose is to aid technical communication...

area and people of all different mother tongues and nationalities used Chinook Jargon (along with English and French) to communicate with each other. Until...

Columbia River. The Columbia River in Chinook is called imaɬ or iyagaytɬ imaɬ, 'great water'. In Chinook Jargon, it is called hayásh-tsəqʷ, 'great water'...

Tillicum or Tilikum is a word in Chinook Jargon that means people, family, tribe, and relatives, and may refer to: Tilikum Crossing, a bridge in Portland...