The phrase "a passion for language" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a strong interest or enthusiasm for languages, linguistics, or communication.
Example: "Her career as a translator stems from her lifelong passion for language, which began in childhood."
Alternatives: "a love for language" or "an enthusiasm for language".
Paulin has a passion for language and a marvellously sensitive ear for its textures and cadences.
I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang.
Penelope Keith follows the modern trend of playing the famous word-mangler not as a grotesque figure of fun but as a woman whose verbal slips spring from a passion for language.
Her father was director of the Lamar life insurance company and, with her two younger brothers, she was raised in a comfortable and loving home, in which - as she recalled in One Writer's Beginnings (1984) - a passion for language and storytelling was instilled early, along with the values of the New Testament.
Elting, a petite, soft-spoken married 43-year-old mother of two, developed a passion for language at a young age.
We were lively correspondents during my high school years; the two of us shared a passion for language and for using words to make each other laugh.
Born in Rome, she was brought up in Italy but a passion for languages and travel led her to move to England at the age of 19.
Mara had a passion for languages, having spent time abroad in school, for leisure, and for work; she was majoring in Linguistics and hoped to continue on with her academic pursuits to receive a master's degree.
If you have a passion for languages and an unrelated field, such as animal rights, see if you can use your language skills to work as a translator or interpreter in that field.
In my application it was clear that I have a passion for travelling, languages, culture, and teaching.
