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Chinook Jargon (also known as chinuk wawa) originated as a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest and spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington then British Columbia and as far as Alaska and Yukon Territory sometimes taking on characteristics of a creole language.

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