The original language of the Odes of Solomon is perhaps Greek, but most likely an early form of Aramaic-Syriac. The extant Greek preserves Semitisms that suggest an earlier manuscript in Syriac, or better Aramaic-Syriac. The Syriac texts abound in the careful use of words (notably paronomasia and assonance), rhythm, and other linguistic features that indicate the scribe was either an unusually gifted translator or more likely composing these Odes in an early form of Aramaic-Syriac.