Language spoken on the other side of the world is music to Eliza's ears (6)

I believe the answer is:

strine

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'language' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for strine that I've seen before include "Australian lingo" , "vernacular" , "Aussie English" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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