In the 1830s a
pidgin trade language based on
Haida
Haida may refer to:
Places
* Haida, an old name for Nový Bor
* Haida Gwaii, meaning "Islands of the People", formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands
* Haida Islands, a different archipelago near Bella Bella, British Columbia
Ships
* , a ...
, known as Haida Jargon, was used in the islands by speakers of
English, Haida,
Coast Tsimshian
Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'álgyax, is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. ''Sm'algyax'' means literally "real or true language."
The linguist Tonya Stebbins estima ...
, and
Heiltsuk
The Heiltsuk or Haíɫzaqv , sometimes historically referred to as ''Bella Bella'', are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella. The government of the Heiltsuk people ...
.
[Lyle Campbell (1997) ''American Indian Languages'', p. 24]
See also
*
Nootka Jargon
Nootka Jargon or Nootka Lingo was a pidginized form of the Wakashan language Nuučaan̓uł, used for trade purposes by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, when communicating with persons who did not share any common language ...
*
Chinook Jargon
*
Medny Aleut language
Mednyj Aleut (also called Copper Island Creole or Copper Island Aleut) is an extinct mixed language spoken on Bering Island.
Mednyj Aleut is characterized by a blending of Russian and Aleut (primarily Attu) elements in most components of the ...
References
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Jargon
North America Native-based pidgins and creoles
Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Northern Northwest Coast Sprachbund (North America)
First Nations languages in Canada