Time to meet French friend, someone learning language (5)
I believe the answer is:
tamil
'language' is the definition.
(Tamil is an example)
'time to meet french friend someone learning' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to meet' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'french friend' becomes 'ami' ('friend' in French).
'someone learning' becomes 'l' (as in a learner-driver with L-plates).
't'+'ami'+'l'='TAMIL'
(Other definitions for tamil that I've seen before include "S. India/Sri Lankan person, tongue" , "Member of South Indian people" , "Southern Indian language" , "Perhaps Indian" , "An official language of Sri Lanka" .)