Home›The Near East and Egypt›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 Results15 entriesParent RegionAllMesopotamia (4)The Levant (6)Principal TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (3)Ancient Greek Religion (3)Caucasian Native Religion (2)Christianity (14)Hittite Religion (3)Islam (14)Judaism (12)Mandaeism (11)Manichaeism (3)Mesopotamian Religion (3)Samaritanism (12)Yazidism (11)Zoroastrianism (11)Principal Tradition OfAllAncient Egyptian Religion (3)Ancient Greek Religion (3)Caucasian Native Religion (2)Christianity (14)Hittite Religion (3)Islam (14)Judaism (12)Mandaeism (11)Manichaeism (3)Mesopotamian Religion (3)Samaritanism (12)Yazidism (11)Zoroastrianism (11)Sacred ToAllBahá’í Faith (7)Canaanite Religion (1)Christianity (7)Islam (7)Judaism (7)Mesopotamian Religion (4)Samaritanism (1)Modern AreaAllArmenia (2)Azerbaijan (2)Egypt (3)Georgia (2)Iran (3)Iraq (4)Israel (4)Kuwait (1)Palestine (6)Saudi Arabia (1)Syria (3)Turkey (6)Attested From (Year)All3200 BCE (2)2600 BCE (1)1500 BCE (2)1000 BCE (1)800 BCE (1)75 BCE (1)100 (1)125 (1)224 (1)300 (1)405 (1)450 (1)Attested To (Year)All1600 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)75 (1)300 (1)651 (1)750 (1)1100 (1)1200 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory IV (5)ISO 639-3 CodeAllakk (1)ara (1)ave (1)cop (1)egy (1)ell (1)gez (1)grc (1)heb (1)hy (1)ka (1)lat (1)pal (1)sux (1)syc (1)Speaker CountAll0 (6)3,760,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)5,300,000 (1)13,500,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)StatusAllExtinct (5)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (5)Living (5)ToneAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (5)SVO (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15AkkadianSacred Languages4 entriesAncient EgyptianSacred Languages1 entryAncient GreekSacred Languages1 entryArabicSacred Languages12 entriesArmenianSacred Languages4 entriesAvestanSacred Languages2 entriesCopticSacred Languages2 entriesGe'ezSacred Languages2 entriesGeorgianSacred Languages1 entryGreekSacred Languages8 entriesHebrewSacred Languages10 entriesLatinSacred Languages3 entriesMiddle PersianSacred Languages2 entriesSumerianSacred Languages5 entriesSyriacSacred Languages4 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.