NATO Phonetic Alphabet
- NATO Phonetic Alphabet
- The NATO Phonetic Alphabet was developed
in the 1950s by ICAO, and was adopted by NATO
because it was regarded as being intelligible and pronounceable by all NATO
allies in the heat of battle. It uses words which are pronounced in place of
letters to distinguish what might otherwise be similar sounds from each
other. It is widely used in other non-military services, such as by pilots,
where an unambiguous spelling of letters needs to be conveyed verbally.
The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is given below:
Letter Word Guide to Pronunciation Phonetic Convention Latin Alphabet A Alpha 'ælfa AL FAH B Bravo 'bra:'vo BRAH VOH C Charlie 'tòa:lior
'òa:liCHAR LEE or
SHAR LEED Delta 'delta DELL TAH E Echo 'eko ECK OH F Foxtrot 'fBkstrBt FOKS TROT G Golf gulf GOLF H Hotel ho:'tel HO TELL I India 'indi a IN DEE AH J Juliet 'd_u:li-et JEW LEE ETT K Kilo 'ki:lo KEY LOH L Lima 'li:ma LEE MAH M Mike maik MIKE N November no'vembe NO VEM BER O Oscar 'Bska OSS CAH P Papa pe'pa PAH PAH Q Quebec ke'bek KEH BECK R Romeo 'ro:mi o ROW ME OH S Sierra si'era SEE AIR RAH T Tango 't ængo TANG GO U Uniform 'ju:nifB:m or
'u:nifBrmYOU NEE FORM or
OO NEE FORMV Victor 'vikt a VIK TAH W Whiskey 'wiski WISS KEY X Xray eks'rei ECKS RAY Y Yankee 'j ænki YANG KEY Z Zulu 'zu:lu: ZOO LOO . Decimal or
Stop0 Zero ZE RO 1 One WUN 2 Two TOO 3 Three TREE 4 Four FOW ER 5 Five FIFE 6 Six SIX 7 Seven SEV EN 8 Eight AIT 9 Nine NIN ER