Labrador Inuit Pidgin French, also called Belle Isle Pidgin, was a French-lexified pidgin spoken between Breton and Basque fishermen and the Inuit of Labrador from the late 17th century until about 1760.[1]
Labrador Inuit Pidgin French | |
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Belle Isle Pidgin | |
Region | Straits of Belle Isle |
Era | late 17th century until ca. 1760 |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | bell1264 |
See also
edit- Algonquian-Basque pidgin, used in the same area
- NunatuKavut people
References
edit- ^ Arends, Jacques; Muysken, Pieter; Smith, Norval (1995). Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-90-272-5236-4.