Unique non-lexical vocables used for singing in your language: What are they?

A non-lexical vocable is a sound that is uniform but has no real meaning; these are often used in singing. Things like "la la la" in English, with special versions like "fa la la" that have a Christmas vibe.

I started to think about this because in Hebrew (my native language) you commonly sing by either saying "nay nay nay" (idk how to spell it properly, pronounced like Nye in "Bill Nye") or some variation on "digi dam" or "digi digi dam". They use this both in actual songs and it feels natural to do if you're kind of humming a song but don't know the words. My mom operated a Hebrew language daycare for years and would do it all the time around kids.

I'm wondering if anyone else is studying a language or speaks a language that has a unique version of this. Something other than the usual "la la la"

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