"Anglophone countries"

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It added: "Scottish employers tend to circumvent rather than address language skill needs by exporting only to Anglophone countries or those where they can easily find English speakers."

More: BBC News - Foreign language skills 'cost Scottish businesses'
Do we have an antonym for "Anglophone countries?" I do mean those countries being dominated by non-native English speakers.
 

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It added: "Scottish employers tend to circumvent rather than address language skill needs by exporting only to Anglophone countries or those where they can easily find English speakers."

More: BBC News - Foreign language skills 'cost Scottish businesses'
Do we have an antonym for "Anglophone countries?" I do mean those countries being dominated by non-native English speakers.

We don't have a single word for it, no. You would have to say "non-Anglophone countries". There are lots of terms for countries with a different native language (Francophone countries, Hispanophone countries etc).
 

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Also, if you had established an Anglophone context, you'd be understoof if you talked about other countries as being 'heterophone' (although that word is rare and in fact means something else!) :)

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