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Translation from a Carib language (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arabic

'language' is the definition.
(Arabic is a language)

'translation from a carib' is the wordplay.
'translation from' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'carib'='acarib'
'acarib' is an anagram of 'ARABIC'.

(Other definitions for arabic that I've seen before include "CIA bar on this Middle East language" , "Major language of Middle East" , "Like numerals one, two, three etc." , "Common language of Middle East" , "Official language of Egypt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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