Inuktitut-English Pidgin was an
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from s ...
used as a contact
language
Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...
in Quebec, Labrador, and neighboring areas of the eastern Arctic. It consisted of uninflected Inuktitut word stems arranged in an English
SVO order. Thus for Inuit ''takuvagit'' "I see you" was pidgin ''uvanga taku ivvit''.
References
* Marianne Mithun (2001) ''The Languages of Native North America'', p 595
North America Native-based pidgins and creoles
Languages extinct in the 1960s
Culture of Quebec
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