| LATIN | Old language the French preserve |
| WEND | Old language, the reverse of modern, died (4) |
| PICKLE | Choose the French preserve (6) |
| PICKLES | Select the French preserves (7) |
| ENJAMB | Without a pause at end of line in French preserve reportedly (6) |
| ORANGUTAN | Literally meaning "man of the forest" in the Malay language, the largest arboreal mammal, genus Pongo (9) |
| INDIA | Which country gave the English language the words shampoo, jungle and cot? (5) |
| STAIR | One of a flight of steps; or, in the Scots language, the entire series of said treads, from landing to floor (5) |
| NEPALI | Language the Italian writer rejected, penning short article |
| SWAHILI | African language the word safari comes from |
| LEET | Internet language, the name of which comes from "elite" |
| HEBREW | Language the man will concoct (6) |
| PRELITERATE | Without a written language the top people rule through empty talk |
| LEXEME | A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components |
| NORSE | Old --; language of the Vikings; a form of which was spoken in Orkney and the islands mentioned in 3 |
| INSTALLATION | Swear in old language around old art exhibit (12) |
| ERSE | Conversed in old language? Just the opposite (4) |
| OSCAN | Extremely onerous to preserve old language |
| MARATHI | Old language of French revolutionary greeting |
| DESOLATION | Does affect old language with old melancholy (10) |
