Home›Southeast Asia and Oceania›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 Results10 entriesParent RegionAllOceania and Australia (2)Southeast Asia (3)Principal TraditionAllBuddhism (2)Christianity (8)Hinduism (2)Islam (4)Polynesian Religion (2)Principal Tradition OfAllBuddhism (2)Christianity (8)Hinduism (2)Islam (4)Polynesian Religion (2)Sacred ToAllHinduism (3)Polynesian Religion (2)Modern AreaAllBrunei (4)Cambodia (2)French Polynesia (2)Indonesia (6)Laos (2)Malaysia (4)Myanmar (2)Philippines (4)Samoa (2)Singapore (2)Thailand (2)Timor-Leste (2)Tonga (2)Tuvalu (2)Vietnam (2)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)125 (1)301 (1)450 (1)683 (1)800 (1)801 (1)1801 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory I (1)Category III (1)Category IV (1)ISO 639-3 CodeAllara (1)ban (1)eng (1)haw (1)ind (1)jav (1)mri (1)msa (1)san (1)spa (1)Speaker CountAll0 (1)300 (1)50,000 (1)3,300,000 (1)68,000,000 (1)90,000,000 (1)252,000,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)560,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Living (9)ToneAllNot Tonal (6)Word OrderAllSOV (1)SVO (5)VSO (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10ArabicSacred Languages2 entriesBalineseSacred Languages1 entryEnglishSacred Languages1 entryHawaiianSacred Languages1 entryIndonesianSacred Languages1 entryJavaneseSacred Languages1 entryMalaySacred Languages1 entryMaoriSacred Languages1 entrySanskritSacred Languages2 entriesSpanishSacred 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.