How to pronounce “allophone”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
• A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
• [Adjective]
• (Canada) Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
• That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

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