An Anglophone (or anglophone) is someone who speaks the English language. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States As an adjective, it refers to belonging to an English-speaking population especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken[1]. A related term, the Anglosphere, refers to the group of countries that mainly speak English. The word Anglosphere describes a concept of a group of Anglophone ( English -speaking nations which share historical political and cultural characteristics rooted
Cultural
In a narrower sense, the notion of "Anglophone" reaches beyond the mere dictionary definition of "English-language speaker". The term specifically refers to people whose cultural background is primarily associated with English language, regardless of ethnic and geographical differences. The Anglophone culture is largely the legacy of the British colonial empire. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.
Canada
In Canada, the term "anglophone", or the abbreviation "anglo", is widely used to designate someone whose native language is English, in contrast with francophone (someone whose native language is French) and allophone (someone with any other mother tongue). Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For the HTML tag see HTML element. An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short" The term Anglo is used as a prefix to indicate a relation to the Angles, England or the English people, as in the phrases ' Anglo-Saxon ' ' A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people In Quebec, an allophone is a resident usually an immigrant whose Mother tongue or Home language is neither English nor French The latter term is rarely used outside Canada in this meaning (allophone has a different meaning in linguistics). In Phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar speech sounds ( Phones that belong to the same Phoneme. See English-speaking Quebecer, -phone. English-speaking Quebecers (also known as Anglo-Quebecers, English Quebecers, or Anglophone Quebecers; in French Anglo-Québécois,
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