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What are allophones?

What are allophones? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of allophone
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In Quebec, the linguistic majority abuses the groups they call anglophones and allophones.
In Quebec itself, the francization of allophones is too sparse to make up for the deficit incurred by inadequate francophone fertility.
Occasionally it is convenient to use a transcription in which some of the allophones are represented by specific symbols, or some of the phonemes are designated by the symbols for a more restricted set of categories.
They are considered allophones, which hinders their sense of belonging and visibility in Francophone communities.
The fricative g and plosive q are likely to be interchangeable allophones of a single glottal phoneme.
Now that the Canadian and Quebec governments are trying to pick immigrants who already speak French or English, it will make it harder for allophones to do well here.

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