TRADE JARGON
TRADE JARGON, also trade language. A semi-technical term for a minimal language used by people with no common language, as a means of communication for trading purposes, such as Chinook Jargon and Trader Navajo in North America. Such languages do not generally stabilize and expand. See JARGON, PIDGIN.
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