Phonetic alphabet
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The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, NATO spelling alphabet, ICAO phonetic alphabet or ICAO spelling alphabet, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet.
| Symbol | Code word | [[International Civil Aviation Organization|Template:Abbr]] 2008 in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|Template:Abbr]][1] |
Template:Abbr 2008 respelling[1] | [[International Telecommunication Union|Template:Abbr]]-R 2007 (WRC-07) respelling[2] | [[International Maritime Organization|Template:Abbr]] English respelling (French)[3] |
[[Federal Aviation Administration|Template:Abbr]] respelling (with stress)[4] |
SIA[5] (France aeronautical) |
1957 Template:Nowrap respelling[6] | [[NATO|Template:Abbr]] & Template:Nowrap respelling[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Alfa | Template:IPA | AL FAH | AL FAH (AL FAH) | ALFAH | al fah | AL fåh | AL fah | |
| B | Bravo | Template:IPA | BRAH VOH | BRAH VOH (BRA VO) | BRAHVOH | bra vo | BRÄH VŌH | BRAH voh | |
| C | Charlie | Template:IPA or Template:IPA |
CHAR LEE or Template:Nowrap | CHAR LEE (or SHAR LEE) TCHAH LI (ou CHAR LI) |
CHARLEE | tchah li, char li |
CHÄR LĒĔ | CHAR lee | |
| D | Delta | Template:IPA | DELL TAH | DELL TAH (DEL TAH) | DELLTAH | del tah | DĔLL tåh | DEL tah | |
| E | Echo | Template:IPA | ECK OH | ECK OH (EK O) | ECKOH | èk o | ĔCK ōh | EKK oh | |
| F | Foxtrot | Template:IPA | FOKS TROT | FOKS TROT FOX TROTT | FOKSTROT | fox trott | FŎKS trŏt | FOKS trot | |
| G | Golf | Template:IPA | GOLF | GOLF (GOLF) | GOLF | golf | GŎLF | Golf | |
| H | Hotel | Template:IPA | HO TELL | HOH TELL | HOH TELL (HO TÈLL) | HOHTELL | ho tèll | hōh TĔLL | HO tell |
| I | India | Template:IPA | IN DEE AH | IN DEE AH (IN DI AH) | INDEE AH | in di ah | ÏN dēē åh | IN dee ah | |
| J | Juliett | Template:IPA | JEW LEE ETT | JEW LEE ETT (DJOU LI ÈTT) | JEWLEE ETT | djou li ètt | JEW lēē ĔTT | JEW lee ett | |
| K | Kilo | Template:IPA | KEY LOH | KEY LOH (KI LO) | KEYLOH | ki lo | KĒY lōh | KEY loh | |
| L | Lima | Template:IPA | LEE MAH | LEE MAH (LI MAH) | LEEMAH | li mah | LĒĒ måh | LEE mah | |
| M | Mike | Template:IPA | MIKE | MIKE (MA ÏK) | MIKE | maïk | MĪKE | Mike | |
| N | November | Template:IPA | NO VEM BER | NO VEM BER (NO VÈMM BER) | NOVEMBER | no vèmm ber | nō VĔM bēr | NOH vem ber | |
| O | Oscar | Template:IPA | OSS CAH | OSS CAH (OSS KAR) | OSSCAH | oss kar | ŎSS cåh | OSS car | |
| P | Papa | Template:IPA | PAH PAH | PAH PAH (PAH PAH) | PAHPAH | pah pah | påh PÄH | PAH pah | |
| Q | Quebec | Template:IPA | KEH BECK | KEH BECK (KÉ BÈK) | KEHBECK | ké bèk | kēh BĒCK | keh BECK | |
| R | Romeo | Template:IPA | ROW ME OH | ROW ME OH (RO MI O) | ROWME OH | ro mi o | ROW mē ōh | ROW me oh | |
| S | Sierra | Template:IPA | SEE AIR RAH | SEE AIR RAH (SI ÈR RAH) | SEEAIRAH | si èr rah | sēē ÄIRråh | see AIR ah | |
| T | Tango | Template:IPA | TANG GO | TANG GO (TANG GO) | TANGGO | tang go | TĂNG gō | TANG go | |
| U | Uniform | Template:IPA or Template:IPA |
Template:Nowrap or Template:Nowrap | YOU NEE FORM (or OO NEE FORM) YOU NI FORM (ou OU NI FORM) |
YOUNEE FORM Template:Nowrap[8] |
you ni form, ou ni form |
YOU nēē fôrm | Template:Nowrap | |
| V | Victor | Template:IPA | VIK TAH | VIK TAH (VIK TAR) | VIKTAH | vik tar | VĬK tåh | VIK ter | |
| W | Whiskey | Template:IPA | WISS KEY | WISS KEY (OUISS KI) | WISSKEY | ouiss ki | WĬSS kēy | WISS key | |
| X | X-ray | Template:IPA | ECKS RAY | ECKS RAY | ECKS RAY (ÈKSS RÉ) | ECKSRAY[9] | èkss ré | ĔCKS rāy | EKS ray |
| Y | Yankee | Template:IPA | YANG KEY | YANG KEY (YANG KI) | YANGKEY[9] | yang ki | YĂNG KĒY | YANG kee | |
| Z | Zulu | Template:IPA | ZOO LOO | ZOO LOO (ZOU LOU) | ZOOLOO | zou lou | ZŌŌ lōō | ZOO luu | |
| 0 | Zero, nadazero | ZE-RO[10] | NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH[11] | Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap[11][12] | ZE-RO / ZEE-RO | zi ro | Zero | ZE-RO | |
| 1 | One, unaone | WUN | OO-NAH-WUN | OO-NAH-WUN Template:Nowrap | WUN | ouann | Wun | WUN Won (USMC)[13] | |
| 2 | Two, bissotwo | TOO | BEES-SOH-TOO | BEES-SOH-TOO Template:Nowrap | TOO | tou | Too | TOO | |
| 3 | Three, terrathree | TREE | TAY-RAH-TREE | TAY-RAH-TREE Template:Nowrap | TREE | tri | Thuh-ree | TREE | |
| 4 | Four, kartefour | FOW-er | KAR-TAY-FOWER | Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap | FOW-ER | fo eur | Fo-wer | FOW-ER | |
| 5 | Five, pantafive | FIFE | PAN-TAH-FIVE | PAN-TAH-FIVE Template:Nowrap | FIFE | fa ïf | Fi-yiv | FIFE | |
| 6 | Six, soxisix | SIX | SOK-SEE-SIX | SOK-SEE-SIX Template:Nowrap | SIX | siks | Six | SIX | |
| 7 | Seven, setteseven | SEV-en | SAY-TAY-SEVEN | SAY-TAY-SEVEN Template:Nowrap | SEV-EN | sèv n | Seven | SEV-EN | |
| 8 | Eight, oktoeight | AIT | OK-TOH-AIT | OK-TOH-AIT Template:Nowrap | AIT | eït | Ate | AIT | |
| 9 | Nine, novenine[14] | NIN-er | NO-VAY-NINER | Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap | NIN-ER | naï neu | Niner | NIN-ER | |
| . (decimal point) | Decimal, (FAA) point | Template:Nowrap | DAY-SEE-MAL Template:Nowrap | (point) | dè si mal | ||||
| 00 | Hundred | HUN-dred | (hundred) | hun-dred | Hun-dred | ||||
| 000 | Thousand | Template:Nowrap | (thousand) | taou zend | Thow-zand | TOU-SAND | |||
| . Template:Nowrap | Stop | STOP | STOP (STOP) | ||||||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite book
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedITU - ↑ International Maritime Organisation (2005). International Code of Signals, p. 22–23. Fourth edition, London.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedFAA-ATC - ↑ Service de l'Information Aéronautique, Radiotéléphonie Template:Webarchive, 2nd edition, 2006
- ↑ Radioman 3 & 2 Training Course Manual NAVPERS 10228-B, 1957.
- ↑ Military phonetic alphabet by US Army, Army.com, 14 March 2014.
- ↑ The FAA table that shows stressed syllables has only the first pronunciation.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Evidently a formatting error with the boldface. The second FAA table syllabifies these correctly as ECKS-RAY and YANG-KEY.
- ↑ The ICAO specifically mentions that all syllables in these words are to be equally stressed (§5.2.1.4.3 note)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 With the code words for the digits and decimal, each syllable is stressed equally.
- ↑ Only the second (English) component of each code word is used by the Aeronautical Mobile Service.
- ↑ RP 0506 – Field Communication.
- ↑ Written 'nine' in the examples, but pronunciation given as 'niner'
