![]() ![]() ![]() It is now very widely used by all types of "professional communicators" including air traffic control, the police and other emergency services, shipping, etc and in all types of business. They had to make sure that each chosen word sounded different to the others, and was easily pronounceable by speakers of all the European languages, not just in English. It is called the "NATO" alphabet because it was standardised by the NATO member countries back in the 1950s to allow accurate exchange of radio messages between air, naval and army forces of all the NATO member nations. Type the alphabet in order (or according to the mode you select) as fast as you can without any mistakes This game might seem simple but ends up being tons of fun and a great way to learn all the letters on the keyboard and improve your typing skills. Numbers are pronounced as normal, except often 9 is pronounced " Niner" so it doesn't get confused with 5. The standard "NATO" phonetic alphabet (actually the International Radio-Telephony Spelling Alphabet) is:Īlfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. The "NATO" / ICAO / ITU Phonetic Alphabet / Army Alphabet / Police Alphabet The English alphabet has 26 letters, which are used to represent speech sounds. In this video I will teach you how to say each letter. Using the phonetic alphabet to spell out names, locations and so on makes accurately understanding messages a lot easier, because many letters can be easily confused when heard over a crackly radio link (B, C, D, P, T and M, N and F, S, etc). Learn the 26 letters of the English alphabet - there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants. Below is a table showing some Chinese characters and how it is pronounced in English. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Chinese language. When you are spelling out a name, location, code, registration number, postcode etc, over a noisy or faint radio or phone link, it is easy for letters and numbers to be misheard. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. To Be with Country and Nationality To Be + Age Back to: English Course > To Be - Present Tense. Lesson tags: Numbers, Pronunciation, Vocabulary. Standard Phonetic Alphabets Used For Radio & Telephone Using Phonetic Alphabets Helps Convey Information Accurately Over Walkie-Talkie Radio We have a copy of this numbers chart that can be used in the classroom or at home: Shares. ![]()
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