Afrikaans voice-over production made simple
As an established Afrikaans International voice-over agency, Matinée Multilingual has been providing a professional Afrikaans Voice-Over Service and Afrikaans Subtitling Service for over 25 years. We offer a selection of the very best Afrikaans voice-over talent, at a price you can afford.
Whether for documentary, advertising, eLearning, or IVR, we’ll help you select the best Afrikaans voice-over talent for the job. We can record wild or sync to picture, and deliver the audio back in the file format of your choice, same day, via FTP. We can also lay-back the audio onto your video, and re-work the captions where necessary.
To calculate voice-over fees and recording costs click here. You will also find a lot of technical information here on our FAQs page.
To check the availability of our voice-artists and to confirm costs, please contact us using the quick Quote form opposite, and we'll respond within one hour. Or you can email project@matinee.co.uk or call on +44(0)118 958 4934.
Featured Afrikaans Voice Talent
Afrikaans voice-over selection and quick quote in just 1 hour
1. browse the voice-over demos below and click PLAY to audition each casting sample
2. choose the voice(s) you like and click ADD to your Quick Quote, or DOWNLOAD a copy
3. complete the Quick Quote and we’ll check availability and costs, with a response in just 1 hour
A short history of the Afrikaans language
Afrikaans is a North Germanic language, spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and descended from Dutch.
During the 18th century, Afrikaans evolved from various dialects spoken by the Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa. Although approximately 90-95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin, words were also adopted from Malay, Portuguese, and various Bantu and Khoisan languages.
In the early 20th century, Afrikaans was recognised legally as a distinct language – not just a Dutch dialect – and it went on to replace Standard Dutch as an official language of South Africa when it became a republic in 1961.
Today, although Afrikaans is spoken as a first language by only around 13.5% of the population of South Africa, most South Africans understand it as a second (or third) language.
In Namibia it is spoken widely as a second language, and by around 11% of the population as a native language. Here it also plays an important role as a lingua franca (or common language). Read more