Native speakers None ISO 639-3 None (mis) | Language family Inuit-based pidgin Glottolog eski1266 | |
Native to Western Canadian Arctic Dialects Herschel Island Eskimo Pidgin | ||
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.
A reduced form of the pidgin was used for ships' trade at Herschel Island off the Arctic coast near Alaska.
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