Glossolalia (from the Greek, "γλώσσα" (glossa), tongue and "λαλώ" (lalô), to speak) comprises the utterance of what appears (to the casual listener) either as an unknown foreign language (xenoglossia), simply nonsense syllables, or utterance of an unknown mystical language; the utterances sometimes occur as part of religious worship (religious glossolalia). Skeptics dismiss these cases as simply being in a state of trance, self-hypnotism or religious ecstasy. It is notable that in Charismatic/Pentecosta ...

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• Glossolalia - Linguistic view
• Glossolalia - Psychological view
• Glossolalia - Christian view of speaking in tongues
• Glossolalia - Non-Christian glossolalia
• Glossolalia - Biblical references to speaking in tongues

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Certain Christians (see below) regard the act of speaking in tongues, as a gift of God through the Holy Spirit. As described in the Book of Acts and 1 Corinthians, it is one of holy Gifts of the Spirit given by God to the faithful on the Day of Pentecost. Other religious faiths also incorporate glossolalia as a component of worship traditions. From the Christian point of view, "glossolalia" is an incorrect term from contemporary language of empirical classification (or neologism) to describe an experience in which human ...

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Glossolalia, Glossolalia - Linguistic view, Glossolalia - Psychological view, Glossolalia - Christian view of speaking in tongues, Glossolalia - Non-Christian glossolalia, Glossolalia - Biblical references to speaking in tongues

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Aside from Christians, certain religious groups also have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia. Glossolalia is evident in the renowned ancient Oracle of Delphi, whereby a priestess of the god Apollo (called a sibyl) speaks in strange utterances, supposedly through the spirit of Apollo in her, but possibly related to high levels of natural gas present in spring waters beneath the temple. Certain Gnostic magical texts from the Roman period have written on them nonsense syllables like "t t t t t t t t n n n n n n n n n d d d d d d d..." etc. It is believed that these may be transli ...

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Glossolalia, Glossolalia - Linguistic view, Glossolalia - Psychological view, Glossolalia - Christian view of speaking in tongues, Glossolalia - Non-Christian glossolalia, Glossolalia - Biblical references to speaking in tongues

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From a linguistic point of view, the syllables that make up instances of glossolalia typically appear to be unpatterned reorganizations of phonemes from the primary language of the person uttering the syllables; thus, the glossolalia of people from Russia, Britain, and Brazil all sound quite different from each other, but vaguely resemble the Russian, English, and Portuguese languages, respectively. Many linguists generally regard most glossolalia as lacking any ...

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Glossolalia, Glossolalia - Linguistic view, Glossolalia - Psychological view, Glossolalia - Christian view of speaking in tongues, Glossolalia - Non-Christian glossolalia, Glossolalia - Biblical references to speaking in tongues

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