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Thread #29550   Message #3184434
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Jul-11 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Kalenda Maia
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Kalenda Maia
A very good summary of the Roman calendar and its changes is given in Wikipedia (surprise). Very interesting.

Roman calendar

The African word kalenda in Haitian Creole (and similar spellings on other islands) has the same spelling as the word in Kalenda maia, but there is no relationship.