| INDIC | Language group of Urdu and Hindi |
| TEA | What "chai" means in Urdu and Hindi |
| TALUK | In India and other South Asian countries, a subdivision of a district for revenue purposes; from Urdu and Persian, 'estate' (5) |
| CUSHY | From Urdu for "pleasure" and Hindi for "happiness", a slang word, popularised by British soldiers in India, meaning "easy, comfortable" (5) |
| NANGAPARBAT | Meaning "naked mountain" in Urdu and dubbed the "man-eater", one of the Himalayan eight-thousanders (5,6) |
| ALOO | Potato in South Asian cuisine; from Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit (4) |
| UPLAND | Odd bits of Urdu on edges of map identifying hills (6) |
| BURUNDI | British requiring translation of Urdu in African country |
| REFUTAL | Disproof of Urdu concept ends certified cases |
| DUD | Of Urdu derivation, it means no good |
| DUCAL | Aristocratic party in India holding heads of Urdu channel (5) |
| HINDI | Relative of Urdu |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | She wrote in Urdu and hampered a translation (6,2,7) |
| GOSHT | Transliteration for the Urdu and Persian word for meat, used in Indian cookery |
| BANTU | Language group of central and southern Africa (5) |
| TURKI | Language group of central Asia |
| PAPUAN | Language group of Oceania |
| YANAN | A language group of the Hokan family. |
| TAI | Language group of Southeast Asia |
| PRAKRIT | Old language group of the Indian subcontinent |
