Editing Adamic language (section)

== Modern period ==

=== Latter Day Saint movement ===
[[Joseph Smith]], founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], in his [[Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible|revision of the Bible]], declared the Adamic language to have been "pure and undefiled".<ref>[[Book of Moses]] [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/6.6?lang=eng 6:6].</ref> Some [[Mormons]] believe it to be the language of [[God]].<ref>{{citation |first= John S. |last= Robertson |contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5449 |contribution= Adamic Language |pages= 18–19 |editor-last= Ludlow |editor-first= Daniel H |editor-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |year= 1992 |title= [[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn= 0-02-879602-0 |oclc= 24502140 }}</ref> [[Glossolalia]], or speaking in tongues, was commonplace in the early years of the movement, and it was commonly believed that the incomprehensible language spoken during these incidents was the language of Adam. However, this belief seems to have never been formally or officially adopted.<ref>Copeland, Lee. "Speaking in Tongues in the Restoration Churches", ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', Vol 24, No. 1</ref>

Some other early Latter Day Saint leaders, including [[Brigham Young]],<ref>Brigham Young, [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/MStar&CISOPTR=7661&filename=7662.pdf "History of Brigham Young"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612023524/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=%2FMStar&CISOPTR=7661&filename=7662.pdf |date=12 June 2011 }}, ''[[Millennial Star]]'', vol. 25, no. 28, p. 439 (1863-07-11), cited in ''[[History of the Church (Joseph Smith)|History of the Church]]'' '''1''':297, footnote (Young prays in the Adamic tongue).</ref> [[Orson Pratt]],<ref name="Pratt">''[[Journal of Discourses]]'' [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/JournalOfDiscourses3&CISOPTR=1953&filename=100504_170857_cp342_Va_M230_J82_v02.pdf '''2''':342]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025133000/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=%2FJournalOfDiscourses3&CISOPTR=1953&filename=100504_170857_cp342_Va_M230_J82_v02.pdf |date=25 October 2007 }} (God = "Ahman"; Son of God = "Son Ahman"; Men = "Sons Ahman"; Angel = "Anglo-man").</ref> and [[Elizabeth Ann Whitney]],<ref>''[[Woman's Exponent]]'' [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/WomansExp&CISOPTR=6638&filename=6639.pdf '''7''':83]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025132953/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=%2FWomansExp&CISOPTR=6638&filename=6639.pdf |date=25 October 2007 }} (1 November 1878) (Whitney sings a hymn in the Adamic tongue).</ref> claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language by [[revelation (Latter Day Saints)|revelation]]. Some Latter Day Saints believe that the Adamic language is the "pure language" spoken of by [[Zephaniah]]<ref>[[Book of Zephaniah|Zephaniah]] {{bibleverse-nb||Zephaniah|3:9}}</ref> and that it will be restored as the [[universal language]] of humankind at the end of the world.<ref>[[Oliver Cowdery]], [http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/NCMP1820-1846&CISOPTR=10065&filename=5298.pdf "The Prophecy of Zephaniah"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Evening and Morning Star]]'', vol. 2, no. 18, p. 142 (March 1834).</ref><ref>[[Bruce R. McConkie]] (1966, 2d ed.). ''[[Mormon Doctrine]]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft) p. 19.</ref><ref>[[Ezra Taft Benson]] (1988). ''Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft) p. 93.</ref>

[[Apostle (LDS Church)|Apostle]] [[Orson Pratt]] declared that "Ahman", part of the name of the settlement "[[Adam-ondi-Ahman]]" in [[Daviess County, Missouri]], was the name of God in the Adamic language.<ref name = Pratt/> An 1832 handwritten page from the [[Joseph Smith Papers]], titled "A Sample of the Pure Language", and reportedly dictated by Smith to "Br. Johnson", asserts that the name of God is ''Awman''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161122044333/http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/sample-of-pure-language-between-circa-4-and-circa-20-march-1832/1 "Sample of the Pure Language" ca. March 1832]</ref>

The Latter Day Saint [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]] [[prayer circle]] once included use of the words "Pay Lay Ale".<ref>Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, ''The Mormon Murders'' (New York: St. Martins's Press, 1988) {{ISBN|0-312-93410-6}}, p. 69. "the sign of the Second Token [is] raising both hands and then lowering them while repeating the incantation "Pay Lay Ale" three times"</ref> These untranslated words are no longer used in [[Temple (LDS Church)|temple]] [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinances]] and have been replaced by an English version, "O God, hear the words of my mouth".<ref name="SLCM">[http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no76.htm "Current Mormon Temple Ceremony Now Available"], ''[[Salt Lake City Messenger]]'', no. 76, November 1990.</ref> Some believe that the "Pay Lay Ale" sentence is derived from the Hebrew phrase "pe le-El" ({{lang|he|פה לאל}}), "mouth to God".<ref name = SLCM/>  "Pay Lay Ale" was identified in the temple ceremony as words from the "pure Adamic language".<ref name="Mirage">{{cite book |last= Scott|first= Latayne|date=2009|title= The Mormon Mirage: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today |publisher= Zondervan|page=332 |isbn= 978-0-310-29153-4}}</ref>

Other words thought by some Latter Day Saints to derive from the Adamic language include ''[[Deseret (Book of Mormon)|deseret]]'' ("honey bee")<ref>{{cite book|title=Book of Mormon|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/ether/2.3?lang=eng|others=[[Book of Ether|Ether]] 2:3}}</ref> and ''Ahman'' ("God").<ref>{{cite book|title=Doctrine and Covenants|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/scriptures/doctrineandcovenants/78.20?lang=eng|others=Doctrine and Covenants 78:20}}</ref>

The [[Book of Moses]] refers to "a book of remembrance" written in the language of Adam.<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/6.5,46?lang=eng Moses 6:5, 46].</ref>

===Goidelic languages===
Nicholas Wolf writes that 19th-century [[Irish language]] speakers and publications claim that Irish (or some [[Goidelic language]]) is a language of Biblical primacy comparable to Hebrew, with some claiming it was the language of Adam.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Nicholas M. |title=When Irish was still the greatest little language in the world |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/when-irish-was-still-the-greatest-little-language-in-the-world-1.2082623 |access-date=9 February 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |postscript=,}} citing {{cite book| last=Wolf |first=Nicholas M. |title=An Irish-Speaking Island: State, Religion, Community, and the Linguistic Landscape in Ireland, 1770–1870 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |date=November 2014 |isbn=978-0-299-30274-0 |pages=36–37}} See also an overview at {{cite web |last1=McEwan |first1=Emily |title=Gaelic design for the 21st century: A laptop decal |url=https://gaelic.co/gaelic-laptop-decal/ |access-date=9 February 2019 |website=Gaelic.co |date=27 February 2015 |language=en}}</ref>