we started using ce and bce in 2600 bce.
we started using ce and bce in 2600 bce.
when did we start using ce and bce?
2600 bce
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modifiers usually go after the noun it is modifying in the ahtna language. smelcer (1998) provides this example in his ahtna language dictionary: "as in the word for raven (the deity, trickster figure), which in ahtna is called saghani ggaay (literally "little raven"). saghani is a noun for the word for the species of raven (corax corax), while ggaay means "little or small." thus, the syntax is actually expressed as "raven little." consider other words such as nen ten, the word for permafrost (literally "frozen ground"). the word nen means "land or ground"; the modifier ten means "frozen." thus, the syntax is "land frozen." other examples include the word for denali/mt. mckinley, which is dghelaay ce'e (literally "big mountain"). the word dghelaay means "mountain," while ce'e means "big, biggest, or large." thus, the syntax is "mountain biggest." another example using ce'e is the place name for lake susitna, which is ben ce'e (literally "big lake"). in this case, the noun ben is a general term meaning "lake" modified by the word for "big or large."
ahtna language