I could understand other people's language but not my own.

You will understand the language and hear her name as your own.

So we make a little effort to understand their language.

Yet without understanding the language, she could only guess as to what was being said.

Will gave no sign he did not understand the language.

It was hard to understand the language, but not for long.

You had to be part of the club to understand the private language.

Without understanding the language, I knew why we were here.

I thought it was because they could not understand the language.

It works in the same way that you understand language.