What's the word that describes a person who thinks his/her mother tongue is superior to other languages ? [closed]
A friend of mine keeps making nasty comments at people who are the same race as her and can't speak their mother tongue. Besides, she also believes some languages don't even matter. I'm looking for a word to call her the next time she does it 🤔
This is precisely called as "Linguistic Chauvinism"
Linguistic chauvinism is the idea that one's language is superior to others. For a few examples, the Greeks called all non-Greek speakers barbarians, the French are only at home where French is spoken, and English speakers consider the ability to speak another language a social defect
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One word for this is parochial. Your friend's view of things is limited to what s?he knows and is used to, which is apparently somewhat narrow.
Adjective: parochial pu'row-kee-ul
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Relating to or supported by or located in a parish
"parochial schools"
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Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
"little sympathy with parochial mentality";
- insular
See also: provincial
-- WordWeb Online
Bigot: A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions:
Chauvinist: A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism. Prejudiced against another's cause, group or sex.
Ethnocentric: Evaluating other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Xenophobic: Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries
Or simply Arrogant: Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
All words that can refer to the ignorance/intolerance of another culture and it's tenets, whether that be language or something else.
(Definitions taken from www.en.oxforddictionaries.com)