Anglophone
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An anglophone is someone who speaks the English language natively or by adoption. As an adjective, it means English-speaking, whether referring to individuals, groups or places.
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[edit] 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 beyond the "mother country" is the legacy of the British colonial empire.
[edit] Geographic
The term can also refer to major English-speaking nations, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, India, Jamaica, Belize, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, Nigeria and other such chief English-speaking countries, all sometimes collectively known as the Anglosphere.
[edit] Canada
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).
