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Malayalam
thumb|A Malayalam speaker, recorded in South Africa Malayalam (, ) is a Dravidian language, primarily spoken by the Malayali people, native to the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district). It is one of 22 scheduled languages, as well as one of 11 classical languages, of India. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé).
Coptic
latest stage of the Egyptian language
Syriac
dialect of Middle Aramaic
Old Church Slavonic
medieval Slavic literary language, without ISO codes, preceding Church Slavonic (Q33251, cu, chu)
Ge'ez
thumb|Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments Geez ( or ; , and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Koine Greek
common dialect of Greek spoken and written in the ancient world
Pennsylvania German
variety of West Central German
Church Slavonic
old Slavic language used in the liturgy of some branches of the Orthodox Church
Ecclesiastical Latin
variety of Latin that is used for liturgical purposes
Classical Armenian
oldest attested form of the Armenian language
Old Georgian
literary language of Georgian monarchies in the 5th century
Hutterite German
Upper German dialect spoken by Hutterite communities in Canada and the US
Tres linguae sacrae
Belief in Slavic Christianity
Medefaidrin
Medefaidrin (Medefidrin), or '''', is a constructed language and script created as a Christian sacred language by an Ibibio congregation in 1930s Nigeria. It has its roots in glossolalia ('speaking in tongues').
Bohairic
dialect of Coptic