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.[1]
Eskimo Trade Jargon | |
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Native to | Western Canadian Arctic |
Native speakers | None |
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ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | eski1266 |
A reduced form of the pidgin was used for ships' trade at Herschel Island off the Arctic coast near Alaska.[2]