Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken by about 13 million people, including 10 million in Sweden and 300,000 in Finland, where Swedish has the status of an official language. Swedish has 9 vowels that are pronounced long or short, two grammatical genders, a uniform form of verbs, and a tonemic accent that gives the feeling of singing. Among the Nordic languages, Norwegian is the most intelligible to Swedes aural. The nammckelharpa is a string instrument on keys that presumably originated in medieval Central Europe. Over time, the instrument became extinct in this area, and as a folk instrument it was preserved in the Swedish province of Uppland. Nowadays, the instrument is also known outside Sweden. In December 2023, the tradition of making and playing on the N animckelharpa was entered into the UNESCO register of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Mita Gustincic Pahor and Yuri Pahor lecture.
Mita Gustincic Pahor is a proofreader for the Swedish language at FF UL and a translator. She and her husband, Yuri Pahor, are also amateur musicians, who first played at N animckelharpa eight years ago in Sweden. They regularly return to Sweden due to Swedish folk music and playing with the rest of the N animckelharpists.
Švedščina je severnogermanski jezik, ki ga govori približno 13 milijonov ljudi, od tega 10 milijonov na Švedskem in 300.000 na Finskem, kjer ima švedščina status uradnega jezika. Švedščina ima 9 samoglasnikov, ki se izgovarjajo dolgo ali kratko, dva slovnična spola, enotno obliko glagolov ter tonemsko naglaševanje, ki daje občutek petja. Med nordijskimi jeziki je Švedom slušno najbolj razumljiva norveščina. Nyckelharpa je godalo na tipke, ki domnevno izvira iz srednjeveške srednje Evrope. Sčasoma je na tem območju glasbilo izumrlo, kot ljudsko glasbilo pa se je ohranilo v švedski pokrajini Uppland. Dandanes je glasbilo poznano tudi zunaj Švedske. Decembra 2023 je bila tradicija izdelovanja in igranja na nyckelharpo vpisana v Unescov register nesnovne kulturne dediščine.
Predavata Mita Gustinčič Pahor in Jurij Pahor.
Mita Gustinčič Pahor je lektorica za švedski jezik na FF UL in prevajalka. S soprogom Jurijem Pahorjem sta tudi ljubiteljska glasbenika, ki sta pred osmimi leti na Švedskem prvič zaigrala na nyckelharpo. Zaradi švedske ljudske glasbe in igranja z ostalimi nyckelharpisti se redno vračata na Švedsko.
