| GERMANE | European language and English, closely related (7) |
| FINNOUGRIC | Of a group of north-west European languages and peoples (5-5) |
| TAGALOG | This language and English have official status in the Philippines (7) |
| BENGALI | Asian language and English found in Asian island (7) |
| TOLKIEN | Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature who became one of Britain's greatest authors (7) |
| AMHARIC | Common Ethiopian language, and that used officially by its federal government; the holy language in Rastafarianism (7) |
| UNDERGO | Suffer in one language and therefore in another (7) |
| ITALIAN | Such language and at the Vatican too! (7) |
| SARCASM | Scornful language and right after it, audible yawning (7) |
| SPANISH | Such language and in his naps, too! (7) |
| STEINER | George, French-born U.S. literary critic noted for his work on language and the Holocaust (7) |
| TINDALE | Who, in 1940, coming from extensive research and field work, published a map of Australia (which now bears his name) showing the diversity of Aboriginal languages and nation groups? (7) |
| SWAHILI | Language and humour is lacking initially in Westminster area |
| PREVAIL | Standing up, make a statement in impudent language, and come out on top |
| NATIONS | Stable, historically developed countries with its distinct economic life, culture, language and government |
| ROSETTA | -------Stone, ancient Egyptian stele bearing inscriptions in several languages and scripts (7) |
| PERIPHRASIS | Extended use of language and excessive and immoderate verbosity or circumlocution perhaps is misjudged when involved with separate touches of irony and rodomontade |
| SPEECHTHERAPY | Treatment of language and communication disorders (6,7) |
| DRJOHNSON | Name by which the lexicographer who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language and Lives of the Most |
| TONGUE | Related to "lingua", the source of language and lingo, the fleshy glossa in the mouth for articulating speech (6) |