Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center

The ICAO phonetic alphabet (also known as NATO phonetic alphabet, the ICAO phonetic or ICAO spelling alphabet, as well as the ITU phonetic alphabet) was developed so that critical combinations of letters (such as “m” or “n”) and numbers can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when navigation or persons might be endangered due to transmission static.

Letter	Code word	Pronunciation
		ICAO and ITU Roman standard
A	Alfa	AL FAH
B	Bravo	BRAH VOH
C	Charlie	CHAR LEE
D	Delta	DELL TAH
E	Echo	ECK OH
F	Foxtrot	FOKS TROT
G	Golf	GOLF
H	Hotel	HOH TELL
I	India	IN DEE AH
J	Juliett	JEW LEE ETT
K	Kilo	KEY LOH
L	Lima	LEE MAH
M	Mike	MIKE
N	November	NO VEM BER
O	Oscar	OSS CAH
P	Papa	PAH PAH
Q	Quebec	KEH BECK
R	Romeo	ROW ME OH
S	Sierra	SEE AIR RAH
T	Tango	TANG GO
U	Uniform	YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM
V	Victor	VIK TAH
W	Whiskey	WISS KEY
X	X-ray	ECKS RAY
Y	Yankee	YANG KEY
Z	Zulu	ZOO LOO
- (hyphen)	Dash

DIGITS

Digit	Code word	Pronunciation
0	Zero	ZE- RO or ZEE-RO
1	One	WUN
2	Two	TOO
3	Three	TREE
4	Four	FOW ER
5	Five	FIFE
6	Six	SIX
7	Seven	SEV-EN
8	Eight	AIT
9	Niner	NIN-ER
100	Hundred	HUN-dred
1000	Thousand	TOU-SAND
. (decimal point)	Point or Decimal	DAY-SEE-MAL
. (full stop)	Stop	STOP

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