allophone

Meanings

Noun

• Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
• A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada.
• A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.

Adjective

• Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada
• That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Origin

• From allo- + -phone,