January 16, 2004 at 12:00 am
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AmberW
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We learned about this very thing in my ‘ Music of the World’s People’ class in my college. Apparently, these syllables are ‘nonsense syllables’, which are not actual words in any Native American language, but rather ‘filler’ for many of the songs and rituals in N.American dance.These ‘nonsense syllables’ usually begin with the letters N,H,L,S, or M and are followed by the endings ay,ah,oh, or y.
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