language families beside the Arabic Language . In Asia, the Arabic alphabet is used to write several languages including  Persian ,  Urdu ,  Pashto ,  Baloch ,  Malay ,  Fulfulde-Pular ,  Hausa , Brahui (in  Pakistan );  Kashmiri ,  Sindhi ,  Balti , and  Panjabi (in Pakistan);  Arwi (in Sri Lanka and Southern India),