"Hindustani" is the term formerly used to collectively name the Hindi and Urdu languages. The two are largely similar in grammar and vocabulary, but Urdu, spoken in largely-MuslimPakistan, has more loanwords from Persian and Arabic, while Hindi, spoken in largely-Hindu northern India, has more influence from the southern Dravidian languages and classical Sanskrit.
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