A report on Sacred language
Any language that is cultivated and used primarily in church service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives.
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Hebrew language
7 linksNorthwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family.
Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family.
It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism.
Arabic
7 linksSemitic language that first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
Semitic language that first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
It is the lingua franca of the Arab world and the liturgical language of Islam.
Aramaic
6 linksSemitic language that originated among the Arameans in the ancient region of Syria.
Semitic language that originated among the Arameans in the ancient region of Syria.
Some variants of Aramaic are also retained as sacred languages by certain religious communities.
Old Church Slavonic
4 linksThe first Slavic literary language.
The first Slavic literary language.
Old Church Slavonic played an important role in the history of the Slavic languages and served as a basis and model for later Church Slavonic traditions, and some Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches use this later Church Slavonic as a liturgical language to this day.
Bible
4 linksCollection of religious texts or scriptures sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions.
Collection of religious texts or scriptures sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions.
Finally, the rabbis claimed a divine authority for the Hebrew language, in contrast to Aramaic or Greek – even though these languages were the lingua franca of Jews during this period (and Aramaic would eventually be given the status of a sacred language comparable to Hebrew).
Syriac language
3 linksAramaic dialect that emerged during the first century AD from a local Aramaic dialect that was spoken by Assyrians in the ancient region of Osroene, centered in the city of Edessa.
Aramaic dialect that emerged during the first century AD from a local Aramaic dialect that was spoken by Assyrians in the ancient region of Osroene, centered in the city of Edessa.
As a liturgical language of Syriac Christianity, it gained a prominent role among Eastern Christian communities that used both Eastern Syriac and Western Syriac rites.
Sanskrit
2 linksClassical language of South Asia that belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Classical language of South Asia that belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism.
Syriac Orthodox Church
3 linksOriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.
Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.
Classical Syriac is the official and liturgical language of the church.
Coptic language
3 linksLanguage family of closely related dialects descended from the Ancient Egyptian language and historically spoken by the Copts of Egypt, starting from the third-century AD in Roman Egypt.
Language family of closely related dialects descended from the Ancient Egyptian language and historically spoken by the Copts of Egypt, starting from the third-century AD in Roman Egypt.
Coptic has no native speakers today, although it remains in daily use as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church and of the Coptic Catholic Church.
