isiXhosa
Xhosa voice-over
Native Xhosa voice actors, cast for your audience and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.
Real human voices
- Human
Real human voices
Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.
- Native
Their first language
Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.
- Directed
A director on every line
We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.
Xhosa voices
No public Xhosa 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 Xhosa voices reading them.
Tell us about your projectWhat Xhosa voice-over is hired for
Eastern and Western Cape
The home regions.
Johannesburg and Durban
Urban communities elsewhere.
Health and public information
Agencies publish audio.
Typical projects
- Banks and telecoms
- NGOs and health agencies
- Retailers
- Public bodies
Xhosa in a voice-over brief
isiXhosa is one of the Nguni languages and is known for its click consonants, written with the letters c, q and x. A speaker who did not grow up with these sounds struggles to produce them naturally, so casting a native voice matters more here than in many languages. It is closely related to Zulu, and listeners from each community hear differences in words and rhythm. Our briefing notes cover the region of the audience, how names of people and places should be said and whether English terms stay as they are.
Accent and direction notes
What our director listens for in a Xhosa session.
Click consonants
Clicks need a native speaker.
Tonal language
Tones shape meaning.
Related to Zulu
Related, but distinct.
What casting decides in Xhosa
Xhosa or Zulu
Different audiences.
Register
Public notices are formal.
How we work
Casting
We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.
Direction
A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.
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.
Xhosa voice-over questions
Can you add Zulu or English?
Yes.
Are clicks hard to record?
Only for non-native speakers.
Who reviews?
A native reviewer.
Tell us about your Xhosa 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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