Nato Phonetic  Alphabet

Dont Know Your Alphas from your Romeos or your Charlie from your Juliet?

Dont worry, here is our guide.

Letter

Telephony

Pronunciation

Letter

Telephony

Pronunciation

Number

Pronunciation

A

ALFA

AL FAH

N

NOVEMBER

NO VEM BER

1

WUN

B

BRAVO

BRAH VOH

O

OSCAR

OSS CAH

2

TOO

C

CHARLIE

CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE

P

PAPA

PAH PAH

3

TREE

D

DELTA

DELL TAH

Q

QUEBEC

KEH BECK

4

FOW-ER

E

ECHO

ECK OH

R

ROMEO

ROW ME OH

5

FIFE

F

FOXTROT

FOKS TROT

S

SIERRA

SEE AIR RAH

6

SIX

G

GOLF

GOLF

T

TANGO

TANG GO

7

SEV-EN

H

HOTEL

HOH TELL

U

UNIFORM

YOU NEE FORM
or OO NEE FORM

8

AIT

I

INDIA

IN DEE AH

V

VICTOR

VIK TAH

9

NIN-ER

J

JULIET

JEW LEE ETT

W

WHISKEY

WISS KEY

0

ZEE-RO

K

KILO

KEY LOH

X

XRAY

ECKS RAY

100

HUN-DRED

L

LIMA

LEE MAH

Y

YANKEE

YANG KEY

1000

TOU-SAND

M

MIKE

MIKE

X

ZULU

ZOO LOO

 

 

 

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