Kanklės
Various Aukštaitian and Samogitian kanklės in the National Museum of Lithuania, made at the end of 19th century – beginning of 20th century | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kankliai, kunkliai, kunklaliai, kanklos, kanklys, kanklus, kunkl, kankalai |
| Classification | Plucked string instrument, chordophone, zither |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 314.122 (Diatonic lute-type stringed instrument) |
| Inventor(s) | Folk instrument |
| Related instruments | |
| Kokles, kannel, kantele, gusli, zither, psaltery, dulcimer | |
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The kanklės (Lithuanian: [ˈkɐŋʲkʲlʲeːs]) is a Lithuanian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery, along with the Latvian kokles, Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele, and Russian gusli.