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26/11/2016 GMT

Is the BBC World Service Speaking Your Language?

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A closer look at the 11 new language services launching next year on BBC World Service

Programme director of World 2020, Adrian Van-Klaveren, answers listeners’ questions about 11 new language services due to launch next year.

By the end of next year the BBC World Service will be providing services for 40 different languages across the world. That is as of last week when it announced it will be launching a further 11 in Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Programme director of World 2020, Adrian Van-Klaveren, anwers listeners' questions on the move and not everyone is happy.

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