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NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet for clear communication over radio or phone. Each letter has a corresponding code word for its pronunciation. The document provides the full NATO phonetic alphabet with code words and their phonetic pronunciation.

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NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet for clear communication over radio or phone. Each letter has a corresponding code word for its pronunciation. The document provides the full NATO phonetic alphabet with code words and their phonetic pronunciation.

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NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet is a Spelling Alphabet, a set of words used instead of letters in oral
communication (i.e. over the phone or military radio). Each word ("code word") stands for its initial
letter (alphabetical "symbol"). The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the
26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows:

Symbo Code Word Morse Phonic


l Code (pronunciation)

A Alfa/Alph ●▬ AL FAH
a
B Bravo ▬●●● BRAH VOH

C Charlie ▬●▬● CHAR LEE

D Delta ▬●● DELL TAH

E Echo .● ECK OH

F Foxtrot ●●▬● FOKS TROT

G Golf  
▬ ▬● GOLF

H Hotel ● ● ● ● HOH TELL

I India ● ● IN DEE AH

J Juliett ● ▬ ▬ ▬ JEW LEE ETT

K Kilo ▬●▬ KEY LOH

L Lima ●▬●● LEE MAH

M Mike ▬ ▬ MIKE

N Novembe ▬● NO VEMBER
r
O Oscar ▬ ▬ ▬ OSS CAH

P Papa  
●▬ ▬● PAH PAH

Q Quebec ▬ ▬ ● ▬ KEH BECK

R Romeo ●▬● ROW ME OH

S Sierra ● ● ● SEE AIRRAH

T Tango ▬ TANG OH

U Uniform ●●▬ YOU NEE FORM

V Victor ●●●▬ VIK TAH

W Whiskey ●▬▬ WISS KEY


Symbo Code Word Morse Phonic
l Code (pronunciation)

X X-ray ▬●●▬ ECKS RAY

Y Yankee ▬▬●● YANG KEY

Z Zulu ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ZOO LOO

1 One  ● ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬

2 Two ● ● ▬ ▬ ▬

3 Three ● ● ●▬ ▬

4 Four ●●●●▬

5 Five ●●●●●

6 Six ▬ ● ● ● ●

7 Seven ▬ ▬ ● ● ●

8 Eight ▬ ▬ ▬ ● ●

9 Nine ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ●

10 Ten ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬

Notes
 The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Phonetic Alphabet is currently officially denoted
as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (IRSA) or the ICAO (International
Civil Aviation Organization) phonetic alphabet or ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
phonetic alphabet. Thus this alphabet can be reffered as the ICAO/ITU/NATO Phonetic
Alphabet or International Phonetic Alphabet..

 This alphabet is used by the U.S. military and has also been adopted by the FAA (American
Federal Aviation Administration), ANSI (American National Standards Institute), and ARRL
(American Radio Relay League).

 Contrary to what its name suggests, the NATO Phonetic Alphabet is not a phonetic alphabet.
Phonetic alphabets are used to indicate, through symbols or codes, what a speech sound or
letter sounds like. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is instead a spelling alphabet (also known
as telephone alphabet, radio alphabet, word-spelling alphabet, or voice procedure alphabet).

 Spelling alphabets, such as the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, consists of a set of words used to
stand for alphabetical letters in oral communication. These are used to avoid
misunderstanding due to difficult to spell words, different pronunciations or poor line
communication.

 A typical use of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet would be to spell out each letter in a word over
the phone by saying, for example: "S as in Sierra" (or "S for Sierra"), "E as in Echo, Y as in
Yankee, F as in Foxtrot, R as in Romeo, I as in India, E as in Echo, D as in Delta" to
communicate the spelling of the name "Seyfried" correctly.

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