Hello Alisha
According to the government of Maharashtra Muslims come under religious minorities but not linguistic minority because the lingusistic minority is defined to the people who speak languages who has mother tongue other than regional language and minority in population.For example If you take Maharashtra the linguistic majority are the Marathis and minority would be Gujarati speaking population.
Hope this helps you
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