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TypeError: Unknown file extension ".ts"

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### What were you expecting to happen?
gulpfile.ts should be able to import packages written in ESM, like [del@7](https://www.npmjs.com/package/del)

### What actually happened?
[19:28:40] Loaded external module: ts-node/register
TypeError: Unknown file extension ".ts" for C:\Users\yuki\Desktop\test-gulp\gulpfile.ts

### Please give us a sample of your gulpfile

https://github.com/UchihaYuki/gulp-typescript-bug

### Terminal output / screenshots

```cmd
>gulp clean
[19:39:16] Loaded external module: ts-node/register
TypeError: Unknown file extension ".ts" for C:\Users\yuki\Desktop\test-gulp\gulpfile.ts
at Object.getFileProtocolModuleFormat [as file:] (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:160:9)
at defaultGetFormat (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:203:36)
at defaultLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/load:143:22)
at async ModuleLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:396:7)
at async ModuleLoader.moduleProvider (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:278:45)
at async link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:78:21) {
code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION'
}
```

### Please provide the following information:
* OS & version [e.g. MacOS Catalina 10.15.4]: Windows 10
* node version (run `node -v`): v20.14.0
* npm version (run `npm -v`): 10.7.0
* gulp version (run `gulp -v`): 5.0.0

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