As an established Voice-Over Agency and Subtitling Studios, Matinée has been providing Spanish accent voice-over production services for over 25 years, from our base in Reading. We offer a selection of the very best Spanish voice talent, at a price you can afford. We can supply and record Spanish 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 Spanish accent. For the latest pricing, and to check the availability of our Spanish 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:Spanish accent voice-over recording services
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Origins of the Spanish language and accent
Spain originated from the Iberian Peninsula, around about the 6th century BC. The first settlers spoke Celtic and were mainly from central Europe.
In 19 BC the Romans came to Spain and the people began to speak Latin, or Vulgar Latin as it was known. It remained the language of Spain until 719AD when Spain was invaded by the Moors. At this time the people who lived in the conquered areas began to speak Arabic, while other regions continued to speak Latin.
By the 13th century, the language spoken in and around the city of Toledo began to become the Spanish written standard and as Spain began to win back the land from the Arabs, the language spread from the north to the south. The Spanish language spoken by Southern and Central Spain became Castilian Spanish. Whilst regions in the north were known as Galician, Catalan and Basque. The Castilian languages has around 4,000 words with roots in Arabic, thanks to the Moorish invasion.
Spanish has a number of dialects. The most famous being the Andaluz accent. It comes from Andalusia in Southern Spain. People there have a tendency to cut out letters or the entire ending of a word, so that for instance Lado becomes Lao, which makes it very difficult for foreigners and other Spanish speakers to understand them.
Mexico has a large number of Spanish speakers who settled there in about the 16th century. They have a distinct accent, although the Spanish is virtually the same and is mutually intelligible.
Listen to Spanish actor Javier Bardem speaking English with a Spanish accent on this You Tube clip.
