Home›South Asia›Sacred LanguagesBrowse BySacred LanguagesThis page groups sacred regions by the language of the scripture that names them holy. Wikipedia notes that "according to the Hebrew Bible, Jerusalem was made the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah under the House of David." Browsing by sacred-languages lets a visitor find every region named holy in the same scriptural language.FactsSacred LanguagesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Sacred LanguagesFilter Results21 entriesParent RegionAllIndian Subcontinent (13)Principal TraditionAllBon (3)Buddhism (12)Hinduism (14)Islam (17)Jainism (10)Sikhism (3)Zoroastrianism (5)Principal Tradition OfAllBon (3)Buddhism (12)Hinduism (14)Islam (17)Jainism (10)Sikhism (3)Zoroastrianism (5)Sacred ToAllBuddhism (4)Hinduism (12)Islam (4)Jainism (4)Sikhism (3)Modern AreaAllBhutan (3)China (3)India (17)Nepal (3)Pakistan (5)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (2)1000 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (2)100 (1)125 (1)450 (1)683 (1)701 (2)739 (1)782 (1)849 (1)981 (1)1100 (1)Attested To (Year)All300 (1)1000 (1)1200 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory IV (5)ISO 639-3 CodeAllara (1)asm (1)ave (1)bn (1)bo (1)guj (1)heb (1)kan (1)kas (1)mal (1)mar (1)msa (1)npi (1)pra (1)san (1)snd (1)syc (1)ta (1)tel (1)urd (1)Speaker CountAll0 (2)230,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)7,100,000 (1)15,000,000 (1)19,000,000 (1)37,000,000 (2)59,000,000 (1)62,000,000 (1)75,000,000 (1)90,000,000 (1)96,000,000 (1)99,000,000 (1)237,000,000 (1)246,000,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (2)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (2)Living (17)ToneAllNot Tonal (7)Tonal (1)Word OrderAllSOV (13)SVO (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 21ArabicSacred Languages11 entriesAssameseSacred Languages1 entryAvestanSacred Languages2 entriesBengaliSacred Languages1 entryEngaSacred Languages1 entryGujaratiSacred Languages1 entryHebrewSacred Languages1 entryKannadaSacred Languages2 entriesKashmiriSacred Languages1 entryMalaySacred Languages1 entryMalayalamSacred Languages1 entryMarathiSacred Languages2 entriesNepaliSacred Languages1 entryPrakritSacred Languages5 entriesSanskritSacred Languages17 entriesSindhiSacred Languages1 entrySyriacSacred Languages1 entryTamilSacred Languages1 entryTeluguSacred Languages1 entryTibetanSacred Languages1 entryUrduSacred Languages1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: RegionsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.