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People have mentioned other languages (Polish, Latin, French, English) but the negation particles in all of those languages is from the same source (Proto-Indo
by madcaptenor 3y ago
People have mentioned other languages (Polish, Latin, French, English) but the negation particles in all of those languages is from the same source (Proto-Indo-European "ne"). The Japanese one is entirely unrelated though.
- throwaway290 3y agoYeah and it's the same for German ne. Completely unrelated to Japanese.
- madcaptenor 3y agoYes, that’s what I meant - all the languages that had already been mentioned are Indo-European, with the exception of Japanese.