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