Since you cannot learn multiple Indian languages, English has to be used as the link language.

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Ms Khan said that Indian languages use very similar alphabets and many of their letter sounds are much harsher than their Western counterparts.

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Over the weekend, Mr Murdoch said the channel would eventually begin transmission in several Indian languages as well as increase programming in Hindi.

BBC: Indian production base for Murdoch

Will South Africa's black languages suffer the fate of the six languages brought by the country's first Indian settlers 150 years ago?

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