Lipsmatch Punjabi
Punjabi AI dubbing for viewers in Punjab, Canada and the UK
With Lipsmatch, your speaker talks to Punjabi viewers in Punjabi, and the lips move with every word. If you have a Punjabi dub, we match the mouth to it. If not, we translate your script into Punjabi. Our technology recreates the speaker's own voice to speak it.
2 Britannia films, finished in Punjabi
Britannia aired these 2 films in Punjabi. One is from the Good Day campaign. The other is Bourbon, shot in English and aired across India in 9 languages. Tap Good Day or Bourbon to switch films. In each film, the lips move with every Punjabi word, as if the scene was shot in Punjabi.
Punjabi viewers live in 2 countries and around the world
Punjabi is the home language of Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan's 2023 census counted more than twice as many Punjabi speakers as India's 2011 census. Both sides speak Punjabi. Each side writes it in its own script.
Large Punjabi communities also live in Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, the Gulf states and Southeast Asia.
So Punjabi translation works in 2 directions. An English video can reach Punjabi viewers in Punjab. A Punjabi speaker can reach English viewers abroad, in a recreated version of the same voice.
Where people speak Punjabi, and how they write it
These facts help you choose the right Punjabi for your viewers.
| In India | About 33 million first-language speakers at the 2011 census |
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| In Pakistan | About 89 million speakers at the 2023 census |
| In Canada and the UK | About 670,000 first-language speakers in Canada in 2021. About 300,000 in the UK in 2011 |
| Home region | Punjab, now divided between India and Pakistan |
| Scripts | Gurmukhi in India. Shahmukhi in Pakistan, based on the Perso-Arabic script |
| Standard form | Based on the Majhi dialect. The Indian and Pakistani standards differ slightly |
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4 questions before we translate into Punjabi
We answer these with you first. They decide which Punjabi your viewers hear.
- Indian or Pakistani Punjabi? The 2 standards share a base and differ in small ways. We translate for the side of the border where most of your viewers live.
- Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi? Your viewers read one script or the other. So the choice matters for the title and description you post. We change the voice and the mouth. Any text in the picture stays as filmed.
- Lines from scripture? An older form of Punjabi helped shape Sant Bhasha. Sant Bhasha is the language of the holiest book in Sikhism. If a video quotes those verses, we agree with you which lines stay as spoken.
- Does each line fit its time? Your cuts and pauses keep their length. So we translate each line into Punjabi that lasts about as long as the original line. We choose the words for meaning, and Lipsmatch fits the mouth to them.
English, Hindi and Punjabi, in 3 directions
Punjabi video translation usually takes one of 3 routes.
English to Punjabi brings an English ad, course or channel to Punjabi viewers, as the Bourbon film above shows.
Hindi to Punjabi takes a national campaign or a Hindi channel to viewers in Punjab.
Punjabi to English lets a Punjabi speaker reach English viewers in Canada, the UK and other countries. They hear a recreated version of the speaker's own voice.
Britannia's Good Day films ran in Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali and 8 other languages. Each version had the mouth matched.
Punjabi on the lips, for Punjab and abroad
In the films above, the mouth forms each Punjabi word. The faces, the light and the edit stay as filmed.
A family in Punjab, Canada or the UK sees a speaker they know talk to them in Punjabi. They hear a recreated version of the same voice.
To order, send the finished video. Tell us if your viewers live in India, Pakistan or abroad. You get back one finished Punjabi file for each video, checked by our team. Post it on a Punjabi channel, run it on TV or add it to your website.
Punjabi versions for brands, creators and organisations
Pick the page that fits your work. If you send us videos every month, a monthly plan sets the hours and languages at the start.
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Brands
Punjabi ad films for Punjab and for Punjabi families abroad, like our Britannia films
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YouTube creators
Take a Punjabi channel to English viewers, or add Punjabi to an English channel
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Spiritual organisations
Archives of talks taken into Punjabi or out of it, on a monthly plan
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Agencies
Punjabi versions of client campaigns, delivered under your agency name
Other languages we have shipped
Punjabi is one of 12 languages on our aired work. Each one has its own page.
Punjabi dubbing questions
How do I translate a video to Punjabi?
Send us the finished video, and tell us where your viewers live. We translate your script into Punjabi, and you approve it. Our technology recreates the speaker's own voice to speak it. Lipsmatch then matches the mouth to every word. If you already have a Punjabi dub, we match the mouth to that.
Can you dub Hindi videos into Punjabi?
Yes. Send the Hindi video. If you already have a Punjabi dub, send that too. If not, we translate each Hindi line into Punjabi that fits its time. The speaker's recreated voice says each line, and Lipsmatch matches the mouth. One Hindi master becomes a Punjabi version for TV, YouTube and social media.
How do I translate a Punjabi video to English?
Send us the Punjabi video. Tell us who the English version is for, such as viewers in Canada or the UK. We translate the Punjabi script into English and check it with you. Then we recreate the speaker's voice in English. Last, we match the mouth to the English words.
Does YouTube auto dubbing support Punjabi?
Yes, for English videos. YouTube's automatic dubbing turns English into Punjabi with a generated voice on a new sound track. The English mouth stays on screen. Lipsmatch makes a finished Punjabi video. The speaker's own recreated voice speaks Punjabi, and the lips move with every word. Our file changes the picture, so you post it as a separate video.
Which Punjabi do you dub into, Indian or Pakistani?
The one your viewers expect. Tell us where most of them live: India, Pakistan or abroad. Both standards come from the Majhi dialect and differ slightly. So we agree on the words with you before we translate. Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi changes only how people write the language.
Can you dub my video into Punjabi in my own voice?
Yes. Our technology recreates your own voice to speak the Punjabi translation. It keeps the pace and feeling of your original. Lipsmatch then matches your mouth to the new words. If the speaker is someone else, we work only with the approvals you already have for their voice and face.
Can you lip sync a Punjabi dub I already have?
Yes. Send the video and your Punjabi audio, made by any studio. Lipsmatch changes the speaker's mouth to match every Punjabi word, frame by frame. The rest of the frame stays as shot. Our team checks it before you see it.
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Watch your video speak Punjabi
Send one scene from your video. We send it back in Punjabi, with the mouth matched, at no cost and with no commitment. Then you plan the rest.