Language in short clue I'd revised (5)
I believe the answer is:
hindi
'language' is the definition.
(Hindi is an example)
'short clue i'd revised' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'clue' becomes 'hint' ('hint' can be a synonym of 'clue').
'revised' indicates an anagram.
'hint' with its last letter removed is 'hin'.
'id' anagrammed gives 'di'.
'hin'+'di'='HINDI'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hindi that I've seen before include "One of India's official languages" , "An official language of India" , "Indic language" , "Language derived from Sanskrit" , "language many use" .)