Language of cricket, you may remember (6)

I believe the answer is:

french

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'language' is the definition.
(I know that French is a type of Latinian language)

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(Other definitions for french that I've seen before include "eg Marie Antoinette" , "Shellac dissolved in alcohol, used on furniture" , "A Canadian language" , "A Romance language" , "Word which may precede bean, chalk, cricket, horn" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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