As an established Voice-Over Agency and Subtitling Studios, Matinée has been providing Estonian accent voice-over production services for over 25 years, from our base in Reading. We offer a selection of the very best Estonian voice talent, at a price you can afford. We can supply and record Estonian accent voice-over artists, for documentary, advertising, corporate video, eLearning or telephone message prompts. Just send us the script and we'll record it wild, or to picture at no extra cost. Then we'll deliver the audio back to you within a very short time frame, via FTP, and in any file format you require. Check out our FAQs for more information about voice-over recordings in Estonian accent. For the latest pricing, and to check the availability of our Estonian accent voice-artists, contact us today on +44(0)118 958 4934, or email project@matinee.co.uk Foreign accent voice selection in just three easy steps:Estonian accent voice-over recording services
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Origins of the Estonian language and accent
Estonian is spoken in Estonia, which is a country facing the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. The language is very similar to Finnish and Finland lies across the water to Estonia. Both languages are mutually intelligible.
Estonia has two distinct dialects, northern and southern. Northern has the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia and in the south there is Tartu, the country’s second largest city after Tallinn.
Estonians are thought to have originated from settlements along the Baltic Coast in 9000BC. At that time the settlers were traders and it is thought that they traded Amber, which was imported from Estonia to other parts of Europe. They also traded with the Vikings.
In 1561 the Swedes took control of Estonia and in 1632 the University of Tartu was founded by the King of Sweden. This was a time known as the ‘Swedish Golden Age’ and it is where the influence of the Swedish language comes from.
However, in 1721 Russian conquered Estonia and this led to many years of Russian rule and numerous occupations over the years. As a result of the Russian occupancy of Estonia during the 19th century, the Russian language was taught to school children in an attempt to make Estonia more Russian. But, people were able to hold on to the Estonian language by reading books that were already in print. Finally, the Soviet Union collapsed and eventually Russian authority ceased. In 1991 Estonia was granted its independence and the last soviet troops left in 1994. If you want to listen to an Estonian accent, have a look at this You Tube video which is an interview with Estonian Silver Medal Winner, Rasmus Magi. Here he is speaking English with an Estonian accent.
