Hindustani Language is a term used to refer to the languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent, including Hindi and Urdu. Urdu is a four-letter word that is one of the two official languages of Pakistan and is also an important language in India. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script and is closely related to Hindi, which is the other official language of India. Both Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible and share a common literary tradition.