Hispanophone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hispanophone is an adjective meaning Alternative letter-case form of Hispanophone.
Meaning
Alternative letter-case form of Hispanophone.
Example Sentences
The sound /i/ is difficult for francophones and hispanophones because it is not found in the phonetic system of French or Spanish.
He bases his proposal on data from acquisition of English by francophones (Eubank 1993/94), of German by a hispanophone (Eubank 1994) and of English by a germanophone (Eubank 1996).
The influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants, not only from the Caribbean but also, mostly illegally, from Mexico, has meant that today nearly one person in five in the United States is hispanophone; in New York estimates put it between one in three and one in two.
Although the majority of the islands are anglophone, the largest are not (Cuba and Hispaniola [the Dominican Republic and Haiti]); and Puerto Rico is chiefly Spanish speaking. The mainland all the way from Guyana to the United States is hispanophone with the exception of Belize.
Word Forms
- hispanophones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spanish, latino, hellenophone.
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