The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states of the United States are divided into counties (Alaska is divided into boroughs and census areas).
Another term is al-kitÄb (The Book), though it is also used in the Arabic language for other scriptures, such as the Torah and the Gospels. The adjective of Quran has multiple transliterations including quranic, koranic, and qur'anic, or capitalised as Qur'anic, Koranic, and Quranic.
Sumerian language. Sumerian language, language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. First attested about 3100 bc in southern Mesopotamia, it flourished during the 3rd millennium bc. About 2000 bc, Sumerian was replaced as a spoken language by Semitic Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) but continued in written usage almost to the end of the life of the Akkadian language, around the beginning of the Christian era.