Editing Languages of the United States (section)

====Hindi and Urdu====
{{Main|Hindustani language}}
[[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] are the two standard registers of the Hindustani language, an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language native to [[Hindi Belt|North India]], [[Deccan Plateau|Central India]], and [[Pakistan]]. While the formal registers draw vocabulary from Sanskrit and Arabic & Persian respectively, the colloquial forms are indistinguishable. Hindi and Urdu are widely spoken among the [[Indian Americans|Indian]] and [[Pakistani Americans|Pakistani]] communities in the United States as a first or second language. Speakers are concentrated in states with large South Asian populations, including California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results |website=American FactFinder |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk#none |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714212254/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk#none|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Additionally, Hindi-Urdu (Hindustani) is a cultural language for many South Asians who have different mother tongues and dialects. Bollywood in particular, as well as film music, is an important cultural product that influences many South Asian youth. Some South Indians, Bangladeshis, and Indian Bengalis learn the language or its dialects through films.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shankar|first=Shalini|date=2008|title=Speaking like a Model Minority: "FOB" Styles, Gender, and Racial Meanings among Desi Teens in Silicon Valley|journal=Journal of Linguistic Anthropology|language=en|volume=18|issue=2|pages=268–289|doi=10.1111/j.1548-1395.2008.00022.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shankar|first=Shalini|title=Reel to real|date=2010|journal=Pragmatics|volume=14|issue=2–3|pages=317–335|doi=10.1075/prag.14.2-3.12sha|doi-access=free}}</ref>