I try welcoming bishop in a West African language (4)
I believe the answer is:
igbo
'west african language' is the definition.
'igbo' can be an answer for 'language' (I have seen 'Nigerian language ' mean 'igbo' so perhaps 'language' could also mean 'igbo'). I'm unsure of the 'west african' bit.
'i try welcoming bishop' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'go' (both can mean an attempt).
'welcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'inviting in').
'bishop' becomes 'B' (abbreviation for bishop in chess).
'go' going around 'b' is 'gbo'.
'i'+'gbo'='IGBO'
'in a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for igbo that I've seen before include "people abroad" , "Nigerian language" , "language in Nigeria" .)