Malagasy voice over services

No, and the reason is more fundamental than accent. Malagasy is an Austronesian language — the family that includes Malay and Tagalog — and its closest living relative is spoken in Borneo. It shares no structure with Swahili, Lingala or any other African language. A linguist who works across the continent has no more access to Malagasy than to Indonesian.

For a national campaign, usually yes. Both are official languages of Madagascar. French dominates administration, banking and higher education, while Malagasy is the language of daily life and of any message that has to reach beyond the capital. We can record both from one adaptation and schedule the sessions together, which costs less than commissioning them separately.

Merina, for anything institutional or national. The official standard is based on the variety of the central highlands around Antananarivo, and that is what administration, education and broadcast use. Coastal varieties are audibly different and are the right choice for character work or a campaign aimed at a specific region — tell us where the audience is and we will advise.

Small — one voice on the books at the moment, and we are actively recruiting. We would rather tell you that now than at shortlist stage. In practice we treat every Malagasy brief as a casting job: you give us the register and the audience, we go to our wider network, and we come back with bespoke auditions rather than pushing you towards a near-enough match.

Not on the roster at the moment — our current Malagasy voice is male. If your project needs a female read, say so when you brief us and we will go to our wider network and come back honestly about what we can arrange and in what timeframe.

Expect it to run longer. Malagasy builds words with affixes and marks agreement across the phrase, so the same content takes more syllables than English or French. We flag the expansion when we translate and can either adapt the copy or advise where the edit has room, rather than asking the voice actor to rush.

Yes, and for Malagasy that is the arrangement — our talent records through our global network rather than in our London studios. You can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams, so you hear takes as they happen and can adjust on the spot.

NGO and development communication, public-health and nutrition campaigns, conservation and environmental content, government and civic information, eLearning, broadcast and radio, and corporate video for organisations operating in Madagascar.

Whatever your project needs — broadcast-standard WAV, MP3 or split stems, at the sample rate, bit depth and loudness (LUFS) you specify. Share your delivery spec and we'll match it.