Editing Hindustani language (section)

==Geographical distribution==
{{Main|Hindustani-speaking world}}
[[File:Hindustani-speaking world nations.png|thumb|300x300px|Spread of Hindustani across the world{{legenda|#084081|Majority/Official}}{{legenda|#0868ac|Significant Minority/Recognized}}{{legenda|#74a9cf|Minority}}]]
Besides being the ''[[lingua franca]]'' of North India and Pakistan in South Asia,<ref name="siddiqi1994"/><ref name="Ashmore1961"/> Hindustani is also spoken by many in the South Asian diaspora and their descendants around the world, including [[North America]] (e.g., in Canada, Hindustani is one of the fastest growing languages),<ref>{{cite web|title=Census data shows Canada increasingly bilingual, linguistically diverse|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/census-wednesday-language-1.4231213}}</ref> [[Europe]], and the [[Middle East]].

* A sizeable population in [[Afghanistan]], especially in [[Kabul]], can also speak and understand Hindi–Urdu due to the popularity and influence of [[Bollywood]] films and songs in the region, as well as the fact that many Afghan refugees spent time in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="Hakala2012">{{cite web|url=http://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/asia_8.pdf|title=Languages as a Key to Understanding Afghanistan's Cultures|last=Hakala|first=Walter N.|year=2012|publisher=[[National Geographic]]|language=en|access-date=13 March 2018|quote=In the 1980s and '90s, at least three million Afghans--mostly Pashtun--fled to Pakistan, where a substantial number spent several years being exposed to Hindi- and Urdu-language media, especially Bollywood films and songs, and being educated in Urdu-language schools, both of which contributed to the decline of Dari, even among urban Pashtuns.}}</ref><ref name="Krishnamurthy2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.gatewayhouse.in/kabul-diary-discovering-the-indian-connection/|title=Kabul Diary: Discovering the Indian connection|last=Krishnamurthy|first=Rajeshwari|date=28 June 2013|publisher=Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations|language=en|access-date=13 March 2018|quote=Most Afghans in Kabul understand and/or speak Hindi, thanks to the popularity of Indian cinema in the country.}}</ref>
* [[Fiji Hindi]] was derived from the Hindustani linguistic group and is spoken widely by Fijians of [[Indian people|Indian]] origin.
* Hindustani was also one of the languages that was spoken widely during [[British rule in Burma]]. Many older citizens of [[Myanmar]], particularly [[Anglo-Indian]]s and the [[Anglo-Burmese people|Anglo-Burmese]], still know it, although it has had no official status in the country since [[Myanmar#Military rule (1962–2011)|military rule]] began.
* Hindustani is also spoken in the countries of the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], where [[migrant worker]]s from various countries live and work for several years.