The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARAMAIC
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More clues leading to the result ARAMAIC
- Language in extremely old church converted into American
- Germany and Thailand have abandoned a theatrical old language
- Backward spooks damage a tongue
- Regularly ignored tapioca on a sheep’s tongue
- Using some upsetting rhetoric, I am a ranter in mostly obsolete language
- … beginnings of armed revolt on island without extremes of language
- A male’s account involving one historic speech
- Spies spoil a rejected script
- Old language, best used by God
- Old church goes for retarded mother in biblical language
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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 = aramaic.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.