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A sacred language is often the language which was spoken and written in the society in which a religion's sacred texts were first set down; however, thereafter these texts, becoming fixed and holy, remain frozen and immune to later linguistic developments. Once a language becomes associated with religious worship, its believers may ascribe virtues to the language of worship that they would not give to their native tongues.[citation needed] In the case of sacred texts, there is a fear of losing authenticity and accuracy by a translation or re-translation, and difficulties in achieving acceptance for a new version of a text. A sacred language is typically vested with a solemnity and dignity that the vernacular lacks.
==Tabula==
*Arabica- Classica-Classical Arabic is the sacred language of Islam. It is the language of the Qur'an,
*Latina-Ecclesiastical Latin in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church (
*Graeca Koine Greek in the Greek Orthodox Church and Greek Catholic Church
*Sanskrit- Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, Bhagavadgita, Puranas like Bhagavatam, and the Upanishads,
*Pali - Theravada Buddhism uses Pali as its main liturgical language, and prefers its scriptures to be studied in the original Pali.
== Bibliographia ==
*Buswell, Robert E., ed. (2003), Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 1, London: Macmillan, p. 137.
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