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Language — almost all I wish to be translated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swahili

'language' is the definition.
(Swahili is an example)

'almost all i wish to be translated' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'to be translated' is an anagram indicator.
'all' with its final letter taken away is 'al'.
'al'+'i'+'wish'='aliwish'
'aliwish' is an anagram of 'SWAHILI'.

(Other definitions for swahili that I've seen before include "heard in parts of Africa" , "Language widespread in East Africa" , "African people" , "Common language of E. Africa" , "Common language in East Africa" .)

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