Talk:ora

Why does javanese ora means no via influence from Finnish?
￼it would be not make a sense because these two language are separated far away Husritheguy (talk) 09:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
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 * I agree that it makes little sense as it stands now. I guess the that @DDG9912 wanted to say that the development is similar to the case of Finnish "aggresive mood". Although it's easier to think of this just as another case of Jespersen's Cycle. –Austronesier (talk) 11:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Danisht (myself) here. The section name of this discussion is heavily misunderstood. I only meant that the addition of "agressive mood" in Finnish is only for comparative purposes. There is even no influence from Finnish either. I know that many Philippine languages also have this feature (*wada "there is" → "there is no"), with no clear external influence. To note, I have grammatical issues with English, since it is not my native language (I actually speak Indonesian).   DDG 9912   11:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)