How did uhn-uh come to mean “no” and uh-huh come to mean “yes” in English?

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Pretty much the title. Also curious if other languages have similar non-word sounds for negation/affirmation.

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I’m more curious as to how HAAAAANNNN!? came to mean, sorry, what, excuse me, I didn’t hear you , and how it got to be so common

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