NATO Phonetic Alphabet
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Conflicting accounts of the pronunciation Code word US Army standard[10] ICAO[9] and ITU ICAO FAA Roman IPA standards[12][13] [11] standard standard[9] SIO[14] (France) ICAO recording (1955)[7] Consolidated transcription
Letter
Alfa
ATIS: Alpha
AL fah
AL FAH
ALFAH or AL-FAH
lf
al fah
[lf]
/lf/ AL-fah
Bravo
BRAH voh
BRAH VOH
brvo
bra vo
[brvo]
/brvo/ BRAHvoh
Charlie
CHAR lee
CHAR LEE
CHARLEE or CHAR-LEE
tli or li
[tli], [li]
Delta
DEL tah
DELL TAH
DELLTAH or DELL-TAH
delt
del tah
[dlt]
/dlt/ DEL-tah
Echo
EKK oh
ECK OH
ECKOH or ECK-OH
eko
k o
[ko]
/ko/ EK-oh
Foxtrot
FOKS trot
FOKS TROT
fox trott
[fkstrt]
/fkstrt/ FOKS-trot
Golf
Golf
GOLF
GOLF
lf [sic]
golf
[l(f)]
/lf/ GOLF
Hotel
HO tell
HOH TELL
HOHTELL or HOH-TELL
hotel
ho tll
[hotl]
/hotl/ hoh-TEL
India
IN dee ah
IN DEE AH
INDEE AH or IN-DEE-AH
indi
in di ah
[ndi.]
/ndi/ IN-dee-ah
Juliett
ATIS: Juliet
duliet
djou li tt
[dulit]
Kilo
KEY loh
KEY LOH
KEYLOH or
kilo
ki lo
[kilo]
/kilo/ KEE-loh
KEY-LOH
Lima
LEE mah
LEE MAH
LEEMAH or LEE-MAH
lim
li mah
[lim]
/lim/ LEE-mah
Mike
Mike
MIKE
MIKE
mik
mak
[mk]
/mak/ MYK
November
NO VEM BER
no vmmber [novmb ]
Oscar
OSS car
OSS CAH
OSSCAH or OSS-CAH
sk
oss kar
[sk ]
/sk/ OS-kah
Papa
PAH pah
PAH PAH
PAHPAH or PAH-PAH
pp
pah pah
[pp]
/pp/ pah-PAH
Quebec
keh BECK
KEH BECK
KEHBECK or KEH-BECK
kebek
k bk
[kbk]
/kbk/ ke-BEK
Romeo
ROW me
ROW ME OH
ROWME OH or romio
ro mi o
[ omi.o]
/romio/ ROH-
oh
ROW-ME-OH
mee-oh
Sierra
SEEAIRAH or SEE-AIR-AH
sier
si r rah
[si]
/sir/ see-ERRah
Tango
TANG go
TANG GO
TANGGO or TANG-GO
tno
tang go
[to]
/to/ TANGgoh
Uniform
Victor
VIK ter
VIK TAH
VIKTAH or VIK-TAH
vikt
vik tar
[vkt ]
/vkt/ VIK-tah
Whiskey
WISS key
WISS KEY
WISSKEY or WISS-KEY
wiski
ouiss ki
[wski]
/wski/ WIS-kee
X-ray
or Xray
ECKSRAY [sic] EKS ray ECKS RAY or ECKS-RAY eksrei kss r [ks e]
YANGKEY [sic] Y Yankee YANG kee YANG KEY or YANG-KEY jnki yang ki [jki] /jki/ YANG-kee
Zulu
ZOO loo
ZOO LOO
ZOOLOO or ZOO-LOO
zulu
zou lou
[zulu]
/zulu/ ZOO-loo
Dash (hyphen)
/d/ DASH