Anglophone
An
anglophone is someone who speaks
English natively or by adoption. As an adjective, it means English-speaking, whether referring to individuals, groups or places.
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 beyond the "
mother country" is the legacy of the
British colonial empire.
In
Canada, and especially in
Quebec, this term is widely used to designate someone whose everyday language is English, contrasted to
francophone (someone whose everyday language is
French) and
allophones (those who use any other language).
The term can also refer to major English-speaking nations such as the
United Kingdom,
Ireland, the
United States,
Canada,
Australia,
South Africa and
New Zealand. These countries are sometimes known as the
Anglosphere.
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