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Put up with song beginning to note language (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungarian

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

'put up with song beginning to note' is the wordplay.
'put up' becomes 'hung' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'song' becomes 'aria' (piece of music in an opera).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'note' is 'n'.
'hung'+'aria'+'n'='HUNGARIAN'

(Another definition for hungarian that I've seen is " European".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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