glottophobia

Etymology

From glotto- + -phobia, derived from the French word French glottophobie, which was defined by Philippe Blanchet in 2008.

Why this word is great

GLOTTOPHOBIA — [Noun] Discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect. From glotto- ("relating to language or the tongue") + -phobia ("fear or aversion"), coined from the French glottophobie by Philippe Blanchet in 2008. Unlike "linguicism" (which frames linguistic prejudice as a structural bias) or "xenophobia" (which targets foreignness broadly), glottophobia is the visceral recoil at the sound of an accent, the silent dismissal of a dialect, the assumption that certain tongues signify lesser minds. It is the curl of a lip at a southern drawl, the impatient sigh for a non-native speaker struggling for words, the Parisian sneering at Occitan—a reminder that even in language, there are those deemed worthy of being heard, and those meant to be silenced.

noun

linguistic xenophobia, linguicism; discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect.“Most of those migrants are Latinos who speak Spanish, which in theory means one less obstacle for the new arrivals, but in practice, many of these migrants face discrimination based on their accent, also known as glottophobia.”