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Voice Over · Sinhala

Sinhala voice over services

Native Sinhala voice over for corporate video, broadcast, public-information campaigns and eLearning in Sri Lanka — with Tamil available alongside it, because neither language reaches the whole island on its own.

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Official languages in Sri Lanka

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Overlap with Tamil — different families

48h

Delivery

Native Sinhala speakers only
London studios, in person or remote
Directed to your brief
Dedicated project manager
Trusted by global brands
Native Sinhala speakers only
London studios, in person or remote
Directed to your brief
Dedicated project manager
Trusted by global brands

Calling Sinhala voice talent

We're expanding our Sinhala roster

Sinhala is a language we're actively growing. If you're a Sinhala voice actor, we'd love to hear your demos and put you forward for paid work.

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About the language

Sri Lanka has two official languages, and neither covers the country

Sinhala is the language of the south and centre of Sri Lanka and of the island's majority. Tamil is the other official language, spoken in the north and east and by the Tamil and Muslim communities. A campaign in one reaches a large audience and misses a substantial one. For anything national, you need both — and it is much cheaper to plan that from the brief than to add it later.

Here is what makes this pairing different from most. Where two languages share a country they are usually related, so at least the linguist pool overlaps — Dari and Pashto, Setswana and Sesotho. Sinhala and Tamil are not related at all. Sinhala is Indo-Aryan, a distant cousin of Hindi and Bengali. Tamil is Dravidian, a separate family with its own history. There is no mutual intelligibility, no shared grammar, and nothing beyond loanwords in common.

That has a blunt practical meaning: there is no such thing as a voice actor who covers Sri Lanka. There are Sinhala voices and there are Tamil voices, and you cast each. We record Tamil on its own roster, so we can schedule the two together and keep terminology aligned across both versions.

The second thing to plan for is the script. Sinhala is written in its own abugida, immediately recognisable for its rounded letterforms — a legacy of writing on palm leaf, where a straight stroke splits the fibre. It is neither Devanagari nor Tamil script. For subtitles, captions and on-screen text you need a font that supports it, and not every production chain has one.

Typical work is corporate video and internal communications, banking and financial services, public-information and health campaigns, tourism and hospitality, eLearning, and broadcast for Sri Lankan audiences and the diaspora.

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Getting Sinhala right

What to know before you record

The main decision is about coverage, and it is more clear-cut here than in most bilingual markets.

Sinhala and Tamil are unrelated

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian. No mutual intelligibility, no shared grammar, no overlapping talent pool. For a national campaign, cast both.

Its own script, its own font

The Sinhala abugida is neither Devanagari nor Tamil. Check your subtitle and graphics templates render it before you build them.

English is the link language

Widely used in administration and business, and it shows up mid-sentence in professional speech. We decide at adaptation which English terms stay.

In-person direction is possible

Our Sinhala voice is London-based, which is unusual for the language. If you want to be in the room for the session, that is genuinely available.

How we can help

One partner for the whole Sri Lanka job

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Voice over & narration

Native Sinhala for corporate video, banking, public-information and health campaigns, tourism and eLearning — and Tamil alongside it when the campaign is national.

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Translation & script adaptation

Sinhala translation by native linguists, with the English terms that belong in professional speech kept and the ones that don't replaced.

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Subtitling & captions

Sinhala subtitles in a font that renders the script properly, checked on delivery rather than assumed.

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London studios + global talent network

4.9★ from 149 reviews

Content types

Sinhala voice over for every kind of content

Whatever you're making, we cast the right voice in Sinhala. Explore by use case.

Most common questions

Will a Sinhala recording reach the whole of Sri Lanka?

No. Sinhala and Tamil are both official languages, and Sinhala serves the south and centre while Tamil serves the north and east and the Tamil and Muslim communities. A Sinhala-only campaign reaches a large audience and misses a substantial one. If the brief is national, record both — we cast each with its own native talent and can schedule the sessions together, which costs less than commissioning them separately.

Can a Tamil voice actor cover Sinhala?

No, and this is not a matter of accent. Sinhala is Indo-Aryan, a distant relative of Hindi and Bengali. Tamil is Dravidian, a completely separate family. They share no grammar and nothing beyond loanwords, and there is no mutual intelligibility. A Tamil speaker has no more access to Sinhala than an English speaker has to Finnish.

What script does Sinhala use, and will our subtitles work?

Sinhala has its own abugida, with distinctive rounded letterforms that come from centuries of writing on palm leaf, where a straight stroke would split the fibre. It is not Devanagari and not Tamil script. Your subtitle and graphics templates need a font that supports it, which not every production chain has by default. We check the rendering on delivery, and it is worth testing your own templates with a real Sinhala string early on.

How should we handle English words in the script?

Deliberately. English is a link language in Sri Lankan administration and business, and professional speech switches into it constantly. A script that strips every English term sounds artificially formal; one that leaves them all in sounds unadapted. We make those calls at adaptation stage with a native linguist and flag the borderline ones so you can decide.

How big is your Sinhala roster?

Small — one voice on the books at the moment, and we are actively recruiting. We would rather say that now than at shortlist stage. If your brief needs more range, we go to our wider network and come back with bespoke auditions rather than offering you a near-enough match.

Do you have female Sinhala voices?

Not on the roster at the moment — our current Sinhala voice is male. If your project needs a female read, tell us in the brief and we will go to our wider network and come back honestly about what we can arrange and how long it will take.

Can I attend the session in person?

For Sinhala, yes — our voice is London-based, which is unusual for the language and means an in-person session in our studios is a real option rather than a theoretical one, subject to availability. If you would rather not travel, you can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams instead.

What do you use Sinhala voice over for?

Corporate video and internal communications, banking and financial services content, public-information and health campaigns, tourism and hospitality material, eLearning and training, and broadcast for Sri Lankan audiences and the diaspora.

What audio formats and specs do you deliver?

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.

Sri Lanka takes two languages, not one

Tell us the audience and we'll advise on whether Sinhala alone covers it — with a free, no-obligation quote.

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