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Word for bias against or fear of foreign languages

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00:00 Word For Bias Against Or Fear Of Foreign Languages
01:00 Accepted Answer Score 4
01:17 Thank you

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The term, as Tanninah mentioned, is Xenoglossophobia. I don't see why John Lawler said no. The term does not include lingua, it includes glosso, which is Greek for tongue.

So technically, Xenoglossophobia is the fear of foreign tongues.