Haida Jargon

{{Short description|Haida-based pidgin of Canada}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Haida Jargon

|states = {{lang|hai|X̱aayda Gwaay}} (Haida Gwaii)

|era = 1830s

|familycolor = Pidgin

|family = Haida-based pidgin

|ref =

|iso3 = none

|glotto= none

}}

In the 1830s a pidgin trade language based on Haida, known as Haida Jargon, was used in the islands by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, and Heiltsuk.Lyle Campbell (1997) American Indian Languages, p. 24

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