Urdu
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Urdu is the main official language of Sunnistan, and the second most commonly spoken language in Navi Bharat and the main language of the Muslim population. Urdu is very similar and structure and vocabulary to Hindi, altough having a great many more borrowings from Arabic and Persian. Ethnic mixing in Navi Bharat has reached a stage where the line between Hindi and Urdu is heavily blurred, and many government officials are pushing to officially merge them into one language. However, the Navi Bharati Muslim population objects to this.
In Sunnistan, Urdu has official status as the 'Language of the People.' It is markedly more Arabicized than its Navi Bharati counterpart.
