Third most-spoken language in the world (5)

I believe the answer is:

hindi

(Other definitions for hindi that I've seen before include "Asian language" , "Indic language" , "An official language of India" , "Ind. Language" , "Language of northern India" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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