Grammar
Research into similar languages such as Michif (a mixed language formed between French and Cree) has indicated that creoles formed between Europeans and First Nations peoples tended to follow a similar pattern grammatically. The verb phrase was most likely Iroquoian-based, and thus polysynthetic. The noun phrase likely derived from Dutch.
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