Languages · Zulu
Zulu voice over for your market.
Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa, with click consonants and a noun-class system that shapes every sentence.
Variants
Variants we cast
One variant is listed today. Ask us if your client needs another.
- ZuluStandard Zulu as spoken in KwaZulu-Natal and across South Africa.zu
Specs
Specs for a Zulu delivery
- Script length
- Zulu words are long because they carry prefixes and suffixes, so lines often run 30 percent longer than English and are tightened in the adaptation.
- Register
- Respectful forms for elders and strangers matter in public and corporate content, while advertising often mixes in English words.
- Delivery
- WAV or MP3, named to your convention.
- Native review before delivery
- A native Zulu speaker checks the script and the takes.
What we offer
What we offer in Zulu
| Native Zulu casting | Yes |
|---|---|
| Script translation and adaptation | Yes |
| Recording, editing and mastering | Yes |
Questions
Zulu, answered.
Do you cast speakers who produce the click sounds naturally?
Yes. Native Zulu speakers produce the clicks as part of the language, which is why we do not substitute another Nguni language.
Is Zulu close enough to Xhosa to reuse the script?
The languages are related, but audiences expect their own, so we brief them separately.
How long does a Zulu project take?
The quote gives the date.
Next
Where to go next
- LanguagesEvery language and regional variant VoicePros casts, 47 languages and 97 variants, with translation and adaptation in the same project. Search the list.
- Localization voice overLocalization voice over for translation agencies and studios: native actors, timing to picture, your line IDs and file names, and unbranded delivery.
- White label voice overWhite label voice over in 47 languages for agencies, studios and localization teams: unbranded files, NDA, specs in writing, one account manager.