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  2. Old Stock Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Old Stock Canadians is a term referring to European Canadians whose families have lived in Canada for multiple generations. It is used by some to refer exclusively to Anglophone Canadians with British settler ancestors, [2] but it usually refers to either Anglophone or Francophone Canadians as parallel old stock groups.

  3. Allophone (person) - Wikipedia

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    Allophones constitute an increasing share of the Quebec population and are the main source of population increase in the province, reflecting both increased levels of immigration, declining birthrates among established anglophone and francophone populations, and a shift in immigration from English-speaking countries to Asia and the Americas. [8]

  4. Anglo - Wikipedia

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    Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to, or descent from England, English culture, the English people or the English language, such as in the term Anglosphere.It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to people of British descent in Anglo-America, the Anglophone Caribbean, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps

  6. Francophonie - Wikipedia

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    The definition of the Francophone world is distinguished by countries and territories where French is an official language, those where it is the native language of the majority of the population, and those where the language is used as a working language of administration or where the language still has an important cultural impact and prestige.

  7. French language - Wikipedia

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    A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 27 countries , as well as one of the most geographically widespread languages in the world, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language ...

  8. Anglophone problem - Wikipedia

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    The Anglophone problem (French: problème anglophone) is a socio-political issue in the modern Republic of Cameroon, rooted in the country's German, British, and French colonial legacies. Anglophone (English-speaking) Cameroonians form a minority population of around 16 percent, mainly from the Northwest and Southwest regions that formerly ...

  9. Anglo-Americans - Wikipedia

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    The adjective Anglo-American is used in the following ways: to denote the cultural sphere shared by the United Kingdom, the United States and English Canada.For example, "Anglo-American culture is different from French culture."