Filipino voice over, natively reviewed.

Filipino, based on Tagalog, is the national language, and everyday speech mixes it with English in a style called Taglish.

Accents and variants of Filipino.

Standard Filipino
The formal register of broadcast and public content.
Taglish
The conversational mix of Tagalog and English that dominates advertising and consumer content.
Regional languages
Cebuano, Ilocano and others, cast separately for regional campaigns.

What a native Filipino reviewer checks.

Formal or Taglish
Choose between a standard script and the everyday mix.
Po and opo
These politeness words show respect, and the voice should use them when the audience calls for it.
Names and loanwords
Spanish and English loanwords are common, and how they are said varies.

Writing for Filipino.

Over-pure Filipino
Deep Tagalog words sound unnatural to most listeners.
Regional audiences
Cebuano and other languages are separate jobs.
Numbers
Many speakers use English or Spanish-derived numbers. Agree which.

Filipino voice over: questions.

Should we use Taglish?

For consumer content, usually. For formal and public content, the standard register is safer.

Do we need Cebuano or Ilocano too?

For campaigns aimed at those regions, yes. They are separate languages.

Tell us your Filipino project.

Tell us your content, languages and timing on one short page. A producer replies.

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