Home›The Americas and the Caribbean›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 Results17 entriesParent RegionAllMesoamerica (3)North America (1)West Africa and the Caribbean (3)Principal TraditionAllAztec Religion (3)Christianity (5)Haitian Vodou (3)Hinduism (11)Inca Religion (3)Islam (11)Maya Religion (4)Rastafari (8)Principal Tradition OfAllAztec Religion (3)Christianity (5)Haitian Vodou (3)Hinduism (11)Inca Religion (3)Islam (11)Maya Religion (4)Rastafari (8)Sacred ToAllAztec Religion (3)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Modern AreaAllAntigua and Barbuda (8)Bahamas (8)Barbados (8)Canada (1)Cuba (8)Dominica (8)Dominican Republic (8)Grenada (8)Haiti (8)Jamaica (8)Mexico (3)Puerto Rico (8)Saint Kitts and Nevis (8)Saint Lucia (8)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8)Trinidad and Tobago (8)United States (1)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)1000 BCE (1)75 BCE (1)125 (1)250 (1)301 (2)450 (1)601 (1)800 (1)801 (1)842 (1)1560 (1)1601 (1)1757 (1)Attested To (Year)All300 (1)750 (1)900 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory I (3)Category IV (3)ISO 639-3 CodeAllara (1)aym (1)emy (1)eng (1)fra (1)gug (1)hat (1)heb (1)hin (1)jav (1)lat (1)nah (1)nld (1)que (1)san (1)spa (1)yor (1)Speaker CountAll0 (2)1,700,000 (2)5,000,000 (1)6,500,000 (1)7,200,000 (1)13,000,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)50,000,000 (1)68,000,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)312,000,000 (1)345,000,000 (1)560,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Extinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (14)ToneAllNot Tonal (8)Tonal (1)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (5)SVO (8)VSO (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17ArabicSacred Languages2 entriesAymaraSacred Languages1 entryClassic MayaSacred Languages2 entriesDutchSacred Languages1 entryEnglishSacred Languages4 entriesFrenchSacred Languages4 entriesGuaraniSacred Languages1 entryHaitian CreoleSacred Languages3 entriesHebrewSacred Languages1 entryHindiSacred Languages1 entryJavaneseSacred Languages1 entryLatinSacred Languages9 entriesNahuatlSacred Languages2 entriesQuechuaSacred Languages1 entrySanskritSacred Languages2 entriesSpanishSacred Languages5 entriesYorubaSacred Languages2 entriesSources1. 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.