ABSTRACT
While the Muhammadan year is a lunar year, the Moors are also familiar with the Julian calendar, especially in country places, where the principal occupations of the people are regulated by the seasons. They call the months by their Latin names, more or less modified. January is called yẹnn̂äy˘ẹr or yẹnńäir (Fez), nnäir (Aiṯ Sáddĕn, Iglíwa), innéir (Aglu); February, yẹbrâyer (Fez), ẖobráir (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), kobráir (Ait Waráin), brair (Iglíwa); March, mars (Fez), marṣ (Aiṯ Sáddĕn, Iglíwa); April, yẹbrîl (Fez), ibril (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), ibrîl (Iglíwa); May, míyyů (Fez), ḿäiyů (ibid., Aiṯ Sáddĕn), máiyů (Iglíwa); June, yûnyuh (Fez), yúnyuh (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), núnyuh (Iglíwa); July, yûlyūz (Fez), yúlyuz (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), lúlyuz (Iglíwa); August, ġůšts (Fez), ġůšts (Aiṯ Sáddĕn, Iglíwa); September, šutśänbīr (Fez), šūtĕnbir (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), šūtänbīr (Iglíwa); October, ktsˆůbär (Fez), ẖṯôb̌är (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), ktôb̌är (Ait Waráin), ktˉůbr (Iglíwa); November, noůẃänbīr (Fez), nūwĕnbir (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), nˉůwanbīr (Iglíwa); December, duj́änbīr (Fez), dūjĕnbir (Aiṯ Sáddĕn), dujänbīr (Iglíwa). 1
