Need to hire a native Urdu voice actor for your upcoming project? We offer some of the world’s best Urdu talent online! Listen to voice samples below and invite our voice artists to send you quotations. Then, simply hire your favo...
Hire The Best Urdu Voice Actors Online
Need to hire a native Urdu voice actor for your upcoming project? We offer some of the world’s best Urdu talent online! Listen to voice samples below and invite our voice artists to send you quotations. Then, simply hire your favorite talent and fund the project. Your payment will be held until you download and approve your audio files. Lastly, release your payment when happy with the work. Learn more →
Hire The Best Urdu Voice Actors Online
Need to hire a native Urdu voice actor for your upcoming project? Listen to voice samples ...
Hire The Best Urdu Voice Actors Online
Need to hire a native Urdu voice actor for your upcoming project? Listen to voice samples below and invite our voice artists to send you quotations. Then, simply hire your favorite talent and fund the project. Your payment will be held until you download and approve your audio files. Lastly, release your payment when happy with the work. Learn more →
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Sati S.
Urdu
Pakistan
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I’m Satisana, a freelance voice over artist. I love to play with my voice and I always wander if I could help ...
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Syed R.
Urdu
United Kingdom
I am a professional voiceover artist with 13 years of experience who is expressing his interest in being repre...
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Hire Top-Rated Urdu Voice Actors at Voice Crafters
Our Urdu voice actors are pre-screened, experienced professionals, so you’re guaranteed to get the best audio performance at broadcast-level quality.
Whatever project you have going on, whether you need a native Urdu voice for:
or any other project, you’ll find the perfect Urdu narrator right here!
You can post your project and work directly with the voice actor you hire through our platform. Communicate directly with the voice artist and you get your recordings quickly.
Or, for larger projects involving localization and/or intensive post-production work, you can have us manage all the details for you from start to finish.
We can help you with any and all of the following:
Professional translation to and from Urdu
Audio sync-to-picture
Sound Effects
Mixing and mastering
Video Editing and After-Effects
Everything you need for a perfect production under one roof!
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Urdu voice overs: what you need to know
Urdu (Modern Standard Urdu) is an Indo-Aryan language, most widely spoken in Pakistan and India. It’s considered to be a form of the Hindustani language.
An impressive 171 million people speak Urdu, out of which around 69 million are native speakers.
Urdu is the official language in Pakistan and one of the many official languages in India.
Outside the two countries, Urdu is extensively spoken by Pakistani immigrants around the world. Urdu-speaking communities are prominent in the Middle East, as well as The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
Did you know:
If we counted the total language speakers, not only the native ones, Urdu would be the 11th most spoken language in the world. It also ranks 21st in the list of languages with the most native speakers.
Language History
Urdu descended from the Shauraseni language — a common ancestor of Indo-Aryan languages.
It’s considered that Urdu as an independent variety emerged in the 12th century in India, more precisely — in Delhi.
Urdu as a literary language appeared a century later when folk songs and poems started appearing in the new language.
Up until the 18th century, Urdu was called Hindi, Hindustani, or Hindvi. In 1837, Urdu replaced Persian and became the official language in India, alongside English.
Modern Urdu became the official language of Pakistan in 1947. Since then, the efforts to reform the language have been prevalent.
Attempts have been made to “cleanse” the language from Prakrit and Sanskrit words and include Persian words instead. This practice is called hyper-Persianization.
Close Relations
Urdu is closely related to other languages in the Indo-Aryan group (Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi). However, Urdu is mostly related to Hindi.
The two languages are fully mutually intelligible — they share the same vocabulary, pronunciation patterns, and grammar.
However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script, and Urdu — in the Perso-Arabic script. Because of differences in writing systems and slight variations in vocabulary, the two languages are considered independent.
In terms of vocabulary, Urdu has many loanwords from Arabic and Persian. In fact, it’s estimated that around 30% of Urdu vocabulary is of Persian origin.
In more recent times, Urdu has borrowed many words from English, mostly technological terms and words related to popular culture.
Did you know:
English also has some words of Urdu origin. For example, bangle, chintz, bungalow, cot, chutney, and shampoo.
Accents and Voice Over Tips
Since Urdu is so widespread, it has countless regional varieties and dialects. However, linguists usually categorize Urdu into four dialects: Dakhini, Rekhta, Dhakaiya, and Modern Vernacular Urdu.
Interestingly, a mixed-spoken variety of English and Urdu called Urdish is commonly used by multilingual Urdu speakers.
There isn’t one standard Urdu variety — since the language is used in so many regions, there are minor differences between all the dialects.
For example, Urdu that’s spoken in India slightly differs from the dialects in Pakistan.
One of the most important things to remember when recording an Urdu voice over is that Urdu differentiates between the formal and informal “you”.
The informal “tu” is used only when talking to close friends and younger people. It’s considered rude to use “tu” when talking to an older person — the formal “ap” should be used instead.
