Xenolalia it is the ability to speak a foreign language that the individual does not know, that he has not learned or been exposed to. Xenolalia is a Greek term, where xenos means "stranger" and lalia "language".
Xenolália is a term closely linked to the Catholic religion, since the term appears, in different ways, in the New Testament, in the books of Acts and 1 Corinthians.
There is a similarity to the word glossolalia, and many people confuse its meaning. Glossolalia is the act of speaking heavenly languages, often as part of religious practice, it is also known as the language of angels. Some people consider glossolalia to be a part of a sacred language, and others believe that the vocalizations are meaningless, and cite hypnosis, mental illness, and social learning as explanations. scientific.
One of the forms of expression of glossolalia is the babbling of meaningless words or sounds, this phenomenon is found in different periods and places in the history of religions. For some scholars, glossolalia is an unknown language, reminiscent of the sound of musical instruments played without harmony.
