Chinook Jargon
Human language
Chinook Jargon is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and ... Wikipedia
Language family: Mainly Wakashan (Nootka Jargon), Chinookan, and Indo-European (Germanic and Italic)
Native speakers: 1 (2013)
Native to: Canada, United States
Official language in: De facto in Pacific Northwest until about 1920
Writing system: De facto Latin, historically Duployan; currently standardized IPA-based orthography