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

BRAHVOH or (1955: BRAH VOH) BRAH-VO

brvo

bra vo

[brvo]

/brvo/ BRAHvoh

Charlie

CHAR lee

CHAR LEE

CHARLEE or CHAR-LEE

tli or li

tchah li, char li

[tli], [li]

/trli/ CHAR-lee or /rli/ SHAR-lee

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

FOKSTROT or fkstrt 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

JEW lee ett JEW LEE ETT

JEWLEE ETT or JEW-LEE-ETT

duliet

djou li tt

[dulit]

/dulit/ JEW-leeet or /dulit/ JEWlee-ET

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

NOH vem ber

NO VEM BER

NOVEMBER or novemb NO-VEM-BER

no vmmber [novmb ]

/novmbr/ noh[15] VEM-br

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

see AIR ah SEE AIR RAH

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

YOU nee form

YOU NEE FORMor OO NEE FORM

YOUNEE FORM or YOU-NEEFORMor OO-NEEFORM

junifm or you ni form, [junf m], unifrm ou ni form [unf m]

/junifrm/ EWnee-form or /unifrm/ OOnee-form

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]

/ksre/ EKS-ray or /ksre/ EKS-RAY

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