 The earliest borrowings were taken from Russian, for example "chayu" “tea” from чай ("chai") and "káaxwei" “coffee” from кофе ("kofe").Chinook Jargon was a lingua franca widely used on the Northwest Coast by American traders (“Boston men”), British traders ("King George men"), laborers, miners, fishermen, loggers, and many Indian tribes.Borrowings into Tlingit from English and Chinook Jargon occurred contemporaneously until the early 20th century.