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Thus Indian gets confused by the vernacular (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hindustani

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'the vernacular' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'thus indian gets confused' is the wordplay.
'gets confused' is an anagram indicator.
'thus'+'indian'='thusindian'
'thusindian' is an anagram of 'HINDUSTANI'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hindustani that I've seen before include "tongue" , "Dialect of Hindi" , "Converting device" , "Language" , "Indians" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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