yatja-yatjaalsoatja-atjafromyatjanmankuadjectiveundeveloped (of speech), baby talkYatja-yatja: wangka purlkamaalpa kuwarripa.
Y̲a̲t̲ja̲-ya̲t̲ja̲: it’s speech that’s not yet developed.
Tjilku pilyirrku wangka yatja-yatja. Yatjanmankupayi, ‘Yatja. Yatja.’ Tjilku pilyirrtu watjalpayi, ‘Atja-atja.’ Yatjanmankupayi.A baby’s speech is undeveloped. He speaks unintelligibly, ‘Y̲a̲t̲ja̲. Y̲a̲t̲ja̲.’ A baby says, ‘A̲t̲ja̲-a̲t̲ja̲". He speaks unintelligibly.

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