Eg, French (8)
I believe the answer is:
language
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">eg french</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that French is a language)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for language that I've seen before include "Eg, English" , "English or Irish, say" , "speech?" , "Irish, English, French, for instance" , "Communication system such as English" .)