The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CREE
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result CREE
- Native American doctrine unfinished
- Indian having long passage sealed off at either end
- Member of tribe to soften
- Indigenous people offering short list of beliefs
- Native American about to enter the Anglican Church
- Language coming from Scorsese oddly ignored
- Native American’s truncated statement of belief
- Native American belief system is endless
- Native American‘s bottomless basket
- Native American belief’s not dead
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The straight part
We know that "Language" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case language = cree.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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