Chinook Jargon

pidgin language of northwest North America
Language language Q35173
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Chinook Jargon

Summary

Chinook Jargon is a language[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinook Jargon is in the country of United States[3].
  • Chinook Jargon is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Chinook Jargon's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Chinook Jargon's instance of is recorded as pidgin[6].
  • Chinook Jargon's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Chinook Jargon is a type of pidgin or creole[8].
  • Chinook Jargon's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Chinook Jargon's writing system is recorded as Duployan shorthand[10].
  • Chinook Jargon's Wikimedia language code is recorded as chn[11].
  • Chinook Jargon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chinook Jargon[12].
  • Chinook Jargon's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[13].
  • Chinook Jargon's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'chn', 'text': 'Chinuk Wawa'}[14].
  • Chinook Jargon's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'chn', 'text': '𛰣𛱇\u200c𛰚𛱛𛰅 𛱜\u200c𛱜'}[15].
  • Chinook Jargon's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[16].
  • Chinook Jargon's indigenous to is recorded as Oregon[17].
  • Chinook Jargon's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CHN[18].
  • Chinook Jargon's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/74[19].
  • Chinook Jargon's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Dormant[20].

Why It Matters

Chinook Jargon has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . unesco.org. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Wikidata Toolkit. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system Latin script, Duployan shorthand
    Subclass of pidgin or creole
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+1'}
    Subclass of
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: chinook-jargon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923325|chinook jargon (#289923325)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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