Corrupt Raja in middle India gets the lingo there? (8)

I believe the answer is:

gujarati

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'the lingo there?' is the definition.
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'corrupt raja in middle india' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' indicates an anagram (a corrupted form).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'middle' becomes 'gut' (a person's middle).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'raja' anagrammed gives 'jara'.
'jara' placed into 'gut' is 'gujarat'.
'gujarat'+'i'='GUJARATI'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gujarati that I've seen before include "tongue" , "island" , "Indian language" , "West Indian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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