In Scandinavian languages, at least Swedish, IMO there is a 4th. A short form of nej ("no"):
Pronounced short and distinct:
"nä"
or in some dialects:
"näpp"
This is used in spoken language, almost never in written. These forms of "nej" are almost always used as an answer to questions of the form "Are you not going?" and then indicate that, no indeed, I am actually not going as you suspected.
Good going with the analysis in this posts parent. Oh, and I assume you meant "jo" as the third. (Which in Swedish relates to "ja" ("yes").)
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In Scandinavian languages, at least Swedish, IMO there is a 4th. A short form of nej ("no"): Pronounced short and distinct: "nä" or in some dialects: "näpp" This is used in spoken language, almost never in written. These forms of "nej" are almost always used as an answer to questions of the form "Are you not going?" and then indicate that, no indeed, I am actually not going as you suspected. Good going with the analysis in this posts parent. Oh, and I assume you meant "jo" as the third. (Which in Swedish relates to "ja" ("yes").)
One of the best posts I have seen in a long while.