Across
- 2. This West Germanic language is the most spoken in the Netherlands! (5)
- 3. Ciao, salute, arrivederci! One of Europe's most beautiful languages, from the home of Rome and pizza! (7)
- 4. Named after the famous region straddling India and Pakistan, this is the most spoken language in the latter country (7)
- 6. This Gaelic language is a sister tongue to 1-DOWN Gaidhlig, and is spoken mainly on the north and west of the Emerald Isle (5)
- 8. This is the classical language of the Muslim world, which the Qu'ran and Hadith were written in (6)
- 9. "Ja" is yes and "nein" is no in this language - the most spoken tongue in central mainland Europe (6)
- 11. This Celtic language is known as Cymraeg to native speakers, and is spoken in the south-west of Britain (5)
- 13. This East Asian language sounds like a citrus fruit! The most widely spoken language on Earth, it is sometimes simply called "Chinese" (9)
- 14. "Bonjour" is hello and "au revoir" goodbye in this Romance - and romantic - language! (6)
- 15. This Scandinavian language gave us words like "fjord", "gravlax", "lemming" and "ski" (9)
Down
- 1. ________ Gaelic, a language that sprang from 6-ACROSS, and is very close to it, is mainly spoken throughout our country, but mainly on the Outer Hebrides (8)
- 5. This language looks like to make something clean and shiny by rubbing it! But it's actually the most spoken language in Poland... (6)
- 7. The most spoken language not just in Iberia, but also South America (7)
- 9. It's all _____ to me! This is the language of Athens, Crete and Thessaloniki (5)
- 10. Perestroika, Glasnost, Gorbachev and vodka are all words from this Slavic language (7)
- 12. The most famous words from this Far Eastern language, the ninth most-spoken in the world, include "sayonara", "karaoke", "anime", "emoji" and "karate" (8)