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Definition allophone in American English

allophone noun

[countable] noun
/ˈæləˌfoʊn/
1

one of the slightly different ways that a phoneme can be pronounced. For example, the /p/ in the word "pill" is slightly different from the /p/ in the word "spill."

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2

someone living in Canada who does not speak English or French as their first language

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Definition allophone in American English