Yes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound.

The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly the same.

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neya 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing!

	▲	srean 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Marathi also has the ch vs ts thing. Similar issues turns up in transliterating Cyrillic -- Chebyshev vs Tschebyshev.