Phonetic Alphabets
Phonetic alphabet can mean: * Phonetic transcription system: a system for transcribing the precise sounds of human speech into writing ** International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): the most widespread such system ** (See :Phonetic alphabets for other phonetic transcription systems) * Phonemic orthography: an orthography that represents the sounds of a particular language in such a way that one symbol corresponds to each speech sound and ''vice versa'' * Spelling alphabet radio alphabet: a set of code words for the names of the letters of an alphabet, used in noisy conditions such as radio communication; each word typically stands for its own initial letter ** NATO phonetic alphabet The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet or simply the Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Latin/Roman ...: the international standard (e.g., Alfa, Bravo, Charli ...
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