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100 1 _aT.N. Hibben & Co.
245 1 0 _aDictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, of the North Pacific Coast
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-03-05
508 _aProduced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (with thanks to 1st-hand-history.org)
520 _a"Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, of the North Pacific Coast" by T. N. Hibben is a comprehensive linguistic reference book published in the late 19th century. This type of book serves as a dictionary, focusing on the Chinook jargon, a pidgin language that was used as a trade language among Indigenous peoples and European settlers in the Pacific Northwest. The book aims to document and preserve this important aspect of cultural and linguistic history. The content of the dictionary is organized in a two-part format: the first part presents Chinook words with their English translations, while the second part provides English words alongside their Chinook equivalents. Each entry includes not only the words but also example sentences that illustrate their usage, helping readers understand the context in which the jargon was employed. Through hundreds of entries, Hibben captures the vernacular that facilitated communication in a multilingual environment, providing insight into the daily life, trade practices, and interactions of diverse groups in the region. The work ultimately serves as a valuable resource for linguists, historians, and anyone interested in Indigenous languages and trade culture of the North Pacific Coast. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChinook jargon -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
653 _aIndians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Languages
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35492
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