然而,手稿的語言與歐洲語言不太相似。例如,幾乎沒有詞彙是多過10個字母,亦幾乎沒有1或2個字母的詞彙。詞彙內的字母分佈獨特,有些字母僅出現在字首,有些在字尾,有些在詞彙中間,這特點與阿拉伯字母相似,但不見於拉丁字母、希臘字母或西里爾字母。詞彙的重複程度也高於一般歐洲語言。同一詞彙可能一句出現三次(相當於在英語出現and and and)。統計學上,手稿的詞彙數目相對較少。
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