diff -r 873dda2325c1 -r 0ec0ed2d9045 QTfrontend/util/namegen.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/util/namegen.cpp	Mon May 13 23:44:00 2019 +0200
+++ b/QTfrontend/util/namegen.cpp	Tue May 14 01:03:23 2019 +0200
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@
     team.setHedgehog(HedgehogNumber, hh);
 }
 
+void HWNamegen::teamLocalizedDefaultVoice(HWTeam & team)
+{
+    team.setVoicepack(getLocalizedDefaultVoice());
+}
+
 QStringList HWNamegen::dictContents(const QString filename)
 {
     QStringList list;
@@ -488,3 +493,26 @@
     //pick a random voice
     return Voices[rand()%(Voices.size())];
 }
+
+QString HWNamegen::getLocalizedDefaultVoice()
+{
+    QStringList entries = DataManager::instance().entryList(
+        "Sounds/voices",
+        QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot,
+        QStringList("*"),
+        false);
+
+    QString loc = QLocale().name();
+    if(entries.contains("Default_" + loc))
+    {
+        return QString("Default_" + loc);
+    }
+    else if(entries.contains("Default_" + loc.left(2)))
+    {
+        return QString("Default_" + loc.left(2));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return QString("Default");
+    }
+}