| CHINESE | Group of languages that includes Hakka and Mandarin |
| BANTU | Large group of languages that includes isiZulu and Setswana (5) |
| URALALTAIC | Family of languages that includes Manchu and Mongolian |
| DRAVIDIAN | Large family of languages that includes Tamil and Telugu (9) |
| SEMITIC | Denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew and Aramaic (7) |
| ESKIMO | Family of languages that includes Aleut (6) |
| NGUNI | A group of related languages that include Xhosa, Zulu and Swazi (5) |
| SOTHO | A group of closely related Bantu languages that include Tswana (5) |
| HINDI | Language that's third in number of worldwide speakers, after English and Mandarin |
| SINGAPORE | Country in which English and Mandarin are official languages |
| POETIC | Of language that has grace and beauty |
| LEET | Internet language that includes "n00b" and "pwn'd" |
| UNPARLIAMENTARY | Sort of language that could get you chucked out of the house (15) |
| YUZU | Japanese citrus said to combine notes of grapefruit, lemon, lime and mandarin, used to flavour ponzu (4) |
| MAMA | Word with the same meaning in English, Swahili and Mandarin, among other languages |
| ROMANCE | A group of languages descended from Latin, including Catalan, Italian and Provencal; or, a medieval tale of adventure and heroism written in one of these vernaculars (7) |
| BRANCH | One of a number of boughs of a tree; or, by extension, a conceptual subdivision of a department, family, group of languages, subject etc (6) |
| VEDIC | Sort of language that makes some love Dickens |
| EYERHYME | Aspect of language that might deceive Sean Bean, perhaps (3,5) |
| BUTTONS | Jacket or coat fasteners such as Shank and Mandarin |
