Chinook Jargon use by English Language speakers

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	Ethnologue report for language code:chn
		Formerly used along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, between Indian and White, and between speakers of different languages.
		Consists mainly of words from Chinook, with a large admixture of words from Nootka, Canadian French, and English.
		This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=chn (98 words)

	Cree language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Many Cree words also became the basis for words in the (A pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America) Chinook Jargon trade language used until some point after contact with Europeans.
		Cree is one of the seven official languages of the (A territory in northwestern Canada) Northwest Territories, but is only spoken by a small number of people there in the area around the town of (A town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border) Fort Smith.
		In many areas, it is a vibrant community language still spoken by large majorities and taught in schools.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Cr/Cree_language.htm (98 words)

	Present-Day English(es)
		Another difficulty is that speakers are usually at the bottom of the social scale and are regarded by those in charge of statistics as speaking a corrupt version of the "standard or official" language of the country." Also, the speakers may themselves claim to be speaking English or Portuguese, or whatever.
		Prepositions are often reduced to a single, generic form, such as bilong, long, or (in Chinook Jargon) kopa.
		Many Tok Pisin words, especially those referring to aspects of flora and fauna, are not of English origin.
	ebbs.english.vt.edu /hel/helmod/pde.html (1296 words)

	Canadian English - Psychology Central
		British Columbia English has several words still in current use which are loanwords from the Chinook Jargon, which was widely spoken throughout the province by all ethnicities well into the middle of the 20th Century.
		English is a minority language in Quebec, but has many speakers in Montréal, the Eastern Townships and in the Gatineau-Ottawa region.
		Similar calques from other languages are found in English throughout Canada, particularly in BC and the Prairies where translated usages from European languages are common, whether inherited from parents or spoken by new immigrants.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Canadian_English (4906 words)

	Native American Languages
		Chinook Jargon is a language with a simplified grammar that draws its vocabulary from several languages.
		Chickasaw language materials from Native Languages - Speakers of the Earth - for ordering: Intro to Chickasaw, tape, glossary
		Chickasaw Language Index - online word lists English-Chickasaw, some with audio (animals, food, body parts, clothing, colors, numbers, days, insects, phrases, relatives, senses)
	www.naaog.de /englisch/Links_Languages.html (4906 words)

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