NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet is a common name for the radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which assigned words to the letters of the English alphabet so that critical combinations of letters could be pronounced and understood by aircrew and air traffic controllers regardless of their native language. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have similar versions.

Related Topics:
International Civil Aviation Organization - International Telecommunication Union - Federal Aviation Administration - American National Standards Institute

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While the use of the term phonetic in this context is widespread in common parlance, this alphabet serves to identify spelling rather than pronunciation and hence is not a phonetic alphabet in the sense that a phonetician would use the term.

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