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Indeed; for another example, classical Latin did not use words for "yes" and "no". A question such as "Do you see it?" would have been answered with "I see it"/"I don't see it".
Chinese does something similar. "Do you see that?" would be answered affirmatively by saying the word for "See", or negatively by saying "Don't see". In some contexts, the words for "correct" and "incorrect" can be used a bit like "yes" and "no".