1. used to describe a person who comes to live in Canada, especially Quebec, from another country, whose first language is neither French nor English
   • ● The town had many allophone immigrants, mainly Italian speakers.

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1. (phonetics) a sound that is slightly different from another sound, although both sounds belong to the same phoneme and the difference does not affect meaning. For example, the /l/ at the beginning of little is different from the /l/ at the end.Topics

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2. (Canadian English) a person who comes to live in Canada, especially Quebec, from another country, whose first language is neither French nor English
Word Origin1930s: from allo- ‘other, different’ + phoneme.

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