Very little language in a short Bible extract? (5)
I believe the answer is:
verse
'a short bible extract?' is the definition.
(the Bible is divided into verses)
'very little language' is the wordplay.
'very little' becomes 'v' (abbreviation or little form for 'very').
'language' becomes 'erse' (historical term for Scottish Gaelic).
'v'+'erse'='VERSE'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for verse that I've seen before include "Piece of poetry" , "Part of hymn" , "Stanza; poetry" , "Metrical text" , "Poems" .)