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Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Alpha Bravo phonetics: briefly Date: 11 Feb 2007 17:14:46 -0000 Summary: brief version Keywords: phonetic alphabets Phonetic Alphabets (Alpha Bravo etc) (brief version) There is a widely known alphabet Alpha Bravo ... Yankee Zulu. Such alphabets are variously known as phonetic alphabets, radio alphabets, spelling alphabets and telephone alphabets. I have a collection of alphabets for many languages. Here I present a (very) brief selection and a pointer to the full collection. Brian Kelk 11 February 2007 That famous alphabet: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu (It is approved by various official bodies but note the variant spellings Alfa Juliett Juliette Oskar Viktor. It dates from about 1955 and is used in air traffic control, amateur radio and many other circumstances. One of its titles is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.) An earlier alphabet (used by U.S. Navy up to 1954): Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox George How Item Jig King Love Mike Nan Oboe Peter Queen Roger Sugar Tare Uncle Victor William X-ray Yoke Zebra French Post Office alphabet: Anatole Berthe Ce'lestin De'sire' Euge`ne Franc,ois Gaston Henri Irma Joseph Kle'ber Louis Marcel Nicolas Oscar Pierre Quintal Raoul Suzanne The're`se Ursule Victor William Xavier Yvonne Zoe' E'mile (for e-acute) A German alphabet (used by emergency services): Anton Berta C"asar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe Ypsilon Zacharias "Arger Charlotte "Okonom Schule "Ubermut Two Spanish alphabets: Antonio Barcelona Carmen Chocolate Dolores Enrique Francia Gerona Historia Ine's Jose' Kilo Lorenzo Llobregat Madrid Navarra N~on~o Oviedo Pari's Querido Ramo'n Sa'bado Tarragona Ulises Valencia Washington Xiquena Yegua Zaragoza Amalia Beatriz Carmen Domingo Enrique Federico Guatemala Honduras Ida Jose' Kilo Lima Llave Me'xico Nicaragua N~on~o Olimpo Pablo Quito Rafael Santiago Teresa Uruguay Venezuela Washington Xilo'fono Yucata'n Zorro An Italian alphabet: Ancona Bologna Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel Imola Jersey Kilo Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo Quaderno Roma Savona Torino Udine Venezia Washington ics York Zurigo The full collection (and some further material) is available on the Web at: <http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/menu.html> The full collection is also available at: <http://www.w2aee.columbia.edu/phonetic.html> Brian Kelk Cambridge U.K.