trade language
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Wyden pushed back on the criticisms, casting the amended trade language as a tailored approach to combat censorship by authoritarian countries like China and Russia.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
On a document twice translated, first from English to Chinook jargon, a limited trade language, and then to Native dialects, the treaty’s terms were laid out.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Joseph sought them out and calmly informed them in Chinook Jargon, a widely spoken regional trade language, that they were trespassing.
From Slate ● May 24, 2017
It later spread to other parts of the West African colonies, becoming a useful trade language among local ethnic groups who spoke different languages.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2016
"I have been at the trouble to learn the trade language."
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Anthony Trollope
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