The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATOIS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PATOIS
- Not about you in French dialect
- Nothing is shown by glib sort of language
- Common talk a steamy thing on Love Island
- Posit a new variety of language
- Father beginning to tire of island’s dialect
- Father is holding to local dialect
- With light touch, nothing is jargon
- Jargon used in shelled hospital in the wars
- Glib one’s grasping old lingo
- Irishman is admitting love, in a manner of speaking
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "sort of language" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sort of language = patois.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.
What does PATOIS mean?
PATOIS noun- A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
- Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
- Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
- Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
- Jargon or cant.