Eleven Multilingual v1
Multilingual v1 expanded the company’s English speech research to French, German, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. It used multilingual training while retaining the speaker’s voice characteristics.
Retired
Early multilingual speech
The release could identify mixed-language text, but the company recommended one language per prompt. Numbers, acronyms and foreign words could revert to English pronunciation. Those limits distinguish the first multilingual generation from later models.ElevenLabs: Multilingual v1 release
Practical guidance. This page documents an earlier model. Use a current multilingual release for a new workflow rather than relying on an old tutorial’s model ID.ElevenLabs: v1 text-to-speech retirement notice
Specifications & access
| Detail | Value and conditions |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| Launch date | |
| Access | API, Provider product |
| Model identifiers | eleven_multilingual_v1 |
| Historical access | Removal scheduled for 15 December 2025; no current service claimedElevenLabs: v1 text-to-speech retirement notice |
Related models
- Eleven Multilingual v2
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ElevenLabs · Eleven speech
Retired original English speech model that preceded the multilingual family.
Launch date not confirmedRetiredAPI · Provider product