Time for translation of Mali language (5)
I believe the answer is:
tamil
'language' is the definition.
(Tamil is an example)
'time for translation of mali' is the wordplay.
'time for' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'translation of' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'mali' anagrammed gives 'amil'.
't'+'amil'='TAMIL'
(Other definitions for tamil that I've seen before include "One in race" , "Southern Indian language" , "An official language of Sri Lanka" , "Asian language" , "Member of South Indian people" .)