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This page features translations of traditional musical instrument terms in different languages from Southern Europe, accompanied by pictures and videos.

Percussion-String

Fortepiano

English	French	German	Italian
fortepiano	piano-forte, forte-piano	Hammerklavier	fortepiano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JRjpEG-4s

Santur

Modern Greek
σαντούρι

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX1S_30_s6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vk3giBlUFM

String

Archlute

Dutch	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
aartsluit	archlute	archiluth	Erzlaute	arciliuto	archilaúd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnpaMm_2QYc

Bandurria

Spanish
bandurria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlOOx6UcUxM

Baglamas

Modern Greek
μπαγλαμάς

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=149aRr7sNFg

Barbiton

Modern Greek
βάρβιτος, βάρβιτον

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA80ieshy4I

Greek:

Bouzouki

Modern Greek
μπουζούκι

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx-a_17OVc4

Calabrian Lyra

Italian
lira calabrese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLk9vxfZ814

Cello

Albanian	Asturian	Basque	Bavarian	Belarusian	Bulgarian	Catalan	Corsican	Czech	Danish	Dutch	Estonian
celo	violonchelu	txelo	Violoncello	віяланчэ́ль, віялянчэ́ль	виолонче́ло	violoncel	viulunceddu	violoncello	cello	cello	tšello

Faroese	Finnish	French	Galician	German	Hungarian	Icelandic	Irish	Italian	Latvian	Lithuanian	Low German	Luxembourgish
sello	sello	violoncelle	violoncello, violonchelo	Cello, Violoncello	cselló, gordonka	selló, knéfiðla	dordveidhil	violoncello	čells	violončelė	violoncello	Cello

Macedonian	Modern Greek	Norman	Norwegian	Occitan	Piedmontese	Polish	Portuguese	Romanian	Russian
виолончело	βιολοντσέλο, τσέλο	bâsse dé viole	cello	violoncèl	violonsel	wiolonczela	violoncelo	violoncel	виолонче́ль

Saterfriesisch	Serbo-Croatian	Slovak	Slovenian	Spanish	Swedish	Ukrainian	Welsh	West Frisian
Violoncello	виоло̀нчело violònčelo	violončelo	čelo, violončelo	chelo, violonchelo	cello	віолонче́ль	soddgrwth, sielo	sello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0

Çifteli

Albanian
çifteli, çiftelia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8WplzCum6k

Albanian:

Cittern

English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
cittern	cistre	Cister	cetra	cistro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CfWikeHqOQ

Colascione

Italian
calascione

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIV37U36fk

Gusle

Albanian	Serbo-Croatian
lahutë	гусле gusle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSrOTtGV8k

Kithara

Modern Greek
κιθάρα

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjX2REPthNA

Greek:

Laouto

Modern Greek
λαούτο

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQ3O14T-gM

Lijerica

Serbo-Croatian
лијерица lijerica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX0U7LZzTlU

Phorminx

Modern Greek
φόρμιγξ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAjJcAfvO4

Greek:

Polítiki Lýra / Klasik Kemençe

Modern Greek	Turkish
πολίτικη λύρα	klasik kemençe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOWrLFcWO8

Pontiakí lýra / Karadeniz Kemençesi

Armenian	Laz	Modern Greek	Turkish
քամանի	ჭილილი	ποντιακή λύρα	karadeniz kemençesi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUR8xfEWAEU

Psaltery

Modern Greek
ψαλτήρι

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhf_UHMLQGE

Qanun

Arabic	Armenian	Azerbaijani	Hebrew	Modern Greek	Persian	Turkish	Uighur
قانون	քանոն	qanun	קאנון	κανονάκι	قانون	kanun	قالون

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_XO_h_KyM

Rabel

Spanish
rabel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtavgCe789A

Galician:

Šargija

Albanian	Serbo-Croatian
sharki, sharkia	шаргија šargija

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfF5XlEnL8

Spitzharfe

German
Spitzharfe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGnS-Rv7gQY

Tamburica

Hungarian	Serbo-Croatian
tambura	тамбурица tamburica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tmBCZKEM0Y

Tzouras

Modern Greek
τζουράς

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQg_X1-JLk

Greek:

Viola da terra

Portuguese
viola da terra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WzLc6bR5T8

Portuguese:

Wind

Alboka

Basque
alboka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL-c50cQotU

Basque:

Cylja Dyjare

Albanian
cylja dyjare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veU6c1pw68A

Albanian:

Dulcian

Dutch	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Portuguese
dulciaan	dulcian	douçaine	Dulzian	dulciana	bajón	baixão

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WTCXJyEik4

Frula

Serbo-Croatian
фрула frula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DINhsmeJ_9M

Kaval

Albanian	Macedonian	Modern Greek	Serbo-Croatian
fyelli	кавал	φλογέρα	кавал kaval

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh_UZEr8ZSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSRcumfgEY8

Sopile

Serbo-Croatian
сопиле sopile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSRcumfgEY8

Croatian:

Shawm

Latin
сalamaula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoaiLceiFZA

Emsemble

Game of Thrones in Ancient Greece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD6uXXZwfi8