Labrador Inuit Pidgin French

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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
Belle Isle Pidgin
RegionStraits of Belle Isle
Eralate 17th century until ca. 1760
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologbell1264

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  1. ^ Arends, Jacques; Muysken, Pieter; Smith, Norval (1995). Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-90-272-5236-4.