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Hausa

Hausa voice-over

Native Hausa voice actors, cast for your audience and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.

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Samples

We send Hausa samples chosen for your script.

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Real human voices

  1. Human

    Real human voices

    Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.

  2. Native

    Their first language

    Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.

  3. Directed

    A director on every line

    We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

Hausa voices

No public Hausa demos yet. We record samples on your own lines instead.

Samples on your own lines

Send a few lines of your script and we come back with Hausa voices reading them.

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What Hausa voice-over is hired for

  • Northern Nigeria

    The largest Hausa-speaking area.

  • Niger and the region

    Hausa is a trade language.

  • Health and radio

    Agencies and broadcasters publish audio.

Typical projects

  • Telecoms and banks
  • NGOs and health agencies
  • Media producers
  • Consumer brands

Hausa in a voice-over brief

Hausa is a Chadic language of the Afroasiatic family and a trade language across West Africa, spoken natively in northern Nigeria and Niger. It is tonal, and it distinguishes long and short vowels, so a script written without these marks can be misread. Latin letters are standard today, while an older Arabic-based script still appears in religious and traditional texts. Radio is an important medium, and listeners expect a warm, conversational read. We confirm the country, the script, the register and whether English or Arabic words need a pronunciation note.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Hausa session.

  1. Tones

    Tone and vowel length change meaning.

  2. Latin script

    Hausa is usually written in Latin script today.

  3. Regional speech

    Speech varies between regions.

What casting decides in Hausa

  • Nigeria or Niger

    References differ.

  • Register

    Radio is conversational.

How we work

  1. Casting

    We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.

  2. Direction

    A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.

  3. Delivery

    Every file is checked against the script word by word and technically, then delivered in your format and naming.

What decides the price

No price list: every quote is written for your project and states usage and the delivery date.

Length
Word count or running time of the finished audio.
Use and territory
Internal, online or broadcast; where it runs and for how long.
Voice
Some languages and voice profiles are scarcer than others.
Picture and files
Recording to timecode, splitting and naming add work.

Hausa voice-over questions

Can you add English?

Yes.

Which script do you follow?

The one in your brief.

Who reviews?

A native reviewer.

Related languages

Tell us about your Hausa project

Four questions. A draft script or a word count is enough; you get a written quote before anything is recorded.

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