Swahili voice over, natively reviewed.
Swahili is the shared language of East Africa. Tanzanian and Kenyan audiences hear different accents and word choices.
Accents and variants of Swahili.
- Tanzanian Swahili
- Considered the standard, widely used in national media.
- Kenyan Swahili
- The Swahili of Kenya, with a different accent and many English words.
- Congolese Swahili
- A variety spoken in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
What a native Swahili reviewer checks.
- Tanzanian or Kenyan
- The accent and vocabulary differ, and each audience hears the other as foreign.
- Noun classes
- Swahili agreement depends on noun classes, which inserted values must follow.
- English mixing
- Many speakers mix English words in. The script should reflect the audience.
Writing for Swahili.
- Formal and street Swahili
- The formal register and the street register can feel very different.
- Names and numbers
- How numbers and names are said, with some speakers using English numerals.
- Spelling
- Standard spelling is stable, but coastal words differ from inland ones.
Swahili voice over: questions.
Does one Swahili voice serve all of East Africa?
The audience will understand it, but a local accent adds trust. Tell us the primary market.
Do we need a native reviewer?
Yes. Noun class agreement and register are the first things that break in machine-written scripts.
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