New Sepedi, siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga Voices

New Sepedi, siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga text to speech voices expand Narakeet’s Southern African language support.

Check out the samples below to quickly hear how the new voices sound:

  • Mpho (Sepedi, Female) 
  • Mogau (Sepedi, Male) 
  • Nomcebo (siSwati, Female) 
  • Basetsana (Xitsonga, Female) 
  • Mulalo (Tshivenda, Male) 

Sepedi Text to Speech

Mpho and Mogau are new Sepedi voices. Sepedi (also known as Northern Sotho) is one of South Africa’s 12 official languages, spoken by over 13 million people primarily in the Limpopo province.

siSwati Text to Speech

Nomcebo is a new siSwati voice. SiSwati is the official language of Eswatini and one of South Africa’s official languages, spoken by over 3 million people across Southern Africa.

Xitsonga Text to Speech

Basetsana is a new Xitsonga voice. Xitsonga is spoken by over 12 million people across South Africa’s Limpopo province and in Mozambique.

Tshivenda Text to Speech

Mulalo is a new Tshivenda voice. Tshivenda is spoken by the Venda people primarily in South Africa’s Limpopo province, with around 1.3 million speakers.

For a full list of all the available voices, check out our Voice list page.

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