New York (AFP) - New York on Thursday agreed to make voter registration forms for the November election available in five new languages including Russian and Arabic.

The city will also provide forms in Urdu, Haitian Creole and French, to make a total of ten languages including Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Bengali, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in a statement.

The measure adopted Thursday will enable 80 percent of New Yorkers with limited English proficiency to access the forms in a city where more than 200 languages ​​are spoken, the authorities said.

"No one should be disenfranchised because of their language," de Blasio said.

"These voter registration forms in five new languages will help us involve even more New Yorkers in the voting process," he added.

"New York is a city of immigrants, and these forms will help New Yorkers of every background cast their ballots on Election Day."

The city will add more languages ​​in the coming months, de Blasio said.