Kajiurago

Kajiurago is a made-up language that is prominently featured in the vocal music composed by Yuki Kajiura. Its lyrics have no meaning and vocalists are given considerable creative freedom regarding how to vocalise different notes. According to Kajiura, the idea behind using this as opposed to a standard language is that it allows the listener to create their own interpretation of the music befitting the scene(s) in which it plays.

According to Kajiura's facebook, Kajiurago has its origins in her childhood attempts to sing opera songs she had listened to without any knowledge of the language the lyrics were written in.

Example of lyrics
While the pronunciation of lyrics written in Kajiurago is not intended to be standardised, romanisations for some songs have been written out. Here is an example of the lyrics from the image theme of Xenosaga II, taken from the Yuki Kajiura Songbook #4 – The image theme of Xenosaga II Fiction II ver Vocal score :

meiya noyeimaya soima toiya ma noche lei ye eima nochelaya soiya noiya ma yoche le yeiye

noche, noche sole yeie noche, noche sole yeiye

1)kamalie ya manka samalaie ya manla sama ieme ie mennela lamai yama kenma samali yemelaka kamaie ya manka samalaie ya manla sama ieme ie mennela lamai yama kenme samali yeme

2)kamaliya mi yakan na maramiya samalamiya malan masiei emala me ya salamiya kanla mamiyama seya kanla mamiyama se kanna malamiya samalamiya malan masiei emala

3)lanma salamami yakala samala mi yamala miya mala sammamiya lamaiya manla iyamia samalamiya kalamamiya salamamiya kalamamiya kalamami

yamma-same yame same yanma-same kame yame yee yanma-same yame ame yanma-same kame yameyee

consoli etutte i yei la testa mia camine etutte i yemi (camine tei e detto console) la desta mia

yammasame yame yame yamma-same kame yame yamma-same yame yame (annali yamame yamaia) yamma-same ame yame yee

yammasame yame yame yamma-same kame yame yamma-same yame yame yamma-same ame yame yee

consoli adito somalieta miya ita camine etuttei yeemi (camine tei e detto console) la desta miia

(annali yamame yanaia) yamma-same yame yame yamma-same kame yame yamma-same yame yame yamma-same ame yame yee

noche, noche sole yeie noche, noche sole yeiye