Patriotism extends to language as well. It is a part of the culture and the attachment to their homeland. We can state that a person is linguistically patriotic, demonstrating national pride in their county's language. Similarly, we could define it in part nationalistic. I don't think we can separate the notion of language from culture; however, a love for a language would not necessarily be negative in a comparative fashion. We can view this in part as an extension of loving their heritage.