PHONETIC ALPHABETS -
HISTORIC, ENGLISH & OTHERS

Introduction, "Phonetic Alphabets"

This page carries the postings created by Brian Kelk (page) of Cambridge, UK. plus other information.
Full credit and thanks are given to Brian for his work which he has updated with new listings. (Nov 2002)

His postings continue to be listed here and by Fuat Baran at Columbia, USA.,

"Phonetic Alphabets"; as listed herein are not truly phonetic as they do not describe the sounding of the letters represented. The need arose after the invention of the telephone and more so of radiotelephony for means to correctly identify letters and words sent by these equipments.
Lists of words were devised which were incorrectly called -
"Phonetic Alphabets" - by the military and this nomenclature has stuck.

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Research Material Wanted

The following material / information is sought for further research -

1. 1857 US 'National Telegraphic Review & Operator's Guide' - Numeral Codes.
2. 1891 'Manual of Instruction in Army Telegraphy: Field Telegraphs' HMSO.
3. 1899 US 'War Dept. Telegraphic Code'. Wash.DC: GPO.
4. 1908 'Instruction in Army Telegraphy and Telephony' London. HMSO.
5. 1913 Royal Navy - 'Handbook of Signalling'
6. Services Signal Manuals between the years 1911 - 1952.
7. 1923 OU 5371 'British Army W/T Operating Signals. X-Codes'.
8. 1938 Royal Signals - 'Sig. Training Vol 5. Sig. Office Org and Procedure'
9. 1952 British Army 'Signal Training Pam 7, Voice Procedure'
10. US or Other Language Manuals or References.
11. Original or Photocopy wanted, willing to buy or pay costs.
12. Info on the WW2 Cairns to Coffs Harbour Heliograph Links.
13. US 1857 Numeral Codes for no's 11,16,20,40,41,45-54,56-72,74-76,78-87, 89,90,94,96,98,101-133, any over 134.
14. US Police 11-Codes 1-6, 8-10, 11-23, 31-39, 67-70, 72-77, 87-93, 100.
15. US Police 12-Codes 8,11,13-15,18,19,22-24,27,30,36-38,42,46-48,51-56.
16. CB 10-Codes 47-49,51-54,56-59,61,72,76,78-80,86,87,96,98,101,103-199.
17. Trucker's 12-Codes 4-23,26-34,36,40-44,51-60,62-64,66-68,70,71,79-82.
18. CB 13-Codes 8-19, 27-39, 48,49, anything over 53.

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Phonetic Alphabet Listings and Accents.

Many non-English languages use accented letters and as it is mostly not easy or possible to print these on some mailers, viewers or printers, codes have been devised to indicate these accents.
Lists inserted by me are signed off by - (JWA).
I have adopted the system mostly used by SIL-IPA in their TT fonts.
I use the convention where the accent follows the accented letter.
This is not universally used and varies with different methods.
Lists not composed by me retain the originator's system.
Where no code is practical, the unaccented letter is used.

Accent	Example	Substitute
Acute	á = a-acute	a' (/ over letter)
Cedilla	ç = c-cedilla	c, (,like under letter)
Circle above	å = a-circle	a* (o over letter)
Circumflex	ê = e-circumflex	e^ (^ over letter)
Grave	è = e-grave	e\ (\ over letter)
Hacek	š = s-hacek	s+ (inverted ^ over letter)
Tilde	ñ = n-tilde	n~ (~ over letter)
Umlaut	ö = o-umlaut	o" (two dots over letter)

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The NATO Phonetic Alphabet

This Alphabet, also known as the ITU, International, Aircraft and other names, was developed after World War II. The most common one then in use was that of the Allied Armed Forces. These were, however, based on the English language using words not suitable in other languages.
Postwar Aviation was becoming very internationalised so the "experts" from many nations drew up word options looking for phonetically suitable words that were commonly used in as many languages as possible.
By 1952 the ICAO adopted a version which with minor changes was adopted by the Allied Forces then by NATO and by the ITU in 1956.
This is becoming a world standard but is not compulsory.
Within national boundaries and jurisdictions nations can and do use their own versions if they wish.
Even within the USA it is not used widely by the civil authorities.

Spelling variations occur within different languages.
Column alignments vary with different browsers and monitors.

The NATO Phonetic Alphabet - (Basic)

    A - ALFA	   G - GOLF	  M - MIKE	  T - TANGO

    B - BRAVO	   H - HOTEL	  N - NOVEMBER	  U - UNIFORM

    C - CHARLIE	   I - INDIA	  O - OSCAR	  V - VICTOR

    D - DELTA	   J - JULIETT	  P - PAPA	  W - WHISKEY

    E - ECHO	   K - KILO	  Q - QUEBEC	  X - X-RAY

    F - FOXTROT	   L - LIMA	  R - ROMEO	  Y - YANKEE

			 	  S - SIERRA	  Z - ZULU

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Letter and Figure Spelling Tables                                                de JWA 25 Nov '02

International Code of Signals 1999

LETTERS: Note: The block syllables are emphasised.
FIGURES:  Note: Each syllable should be equally emphasised.
The second component of each figure is the codeword used in the Aeronautical Mobile Service.

Letter	Code Word	English	French
A	Alfa	ALfah	ALfah
B	Bravo	BRAHvoh	BRAvo
C	Charlie	CHARlee*	TCHAHli*
D	Delta	DELLtah	DELtah
E	Echo	ECKoh	EKo
F	Foxtrot	FOKStrot	FOXtrott
G	Golf	Golf	Golf
H	Hotel	HohTELL	HohTÈLL
I	India	INdeeah	INdiah
J	Juliett	JEWleeÈTT	DJOUliETT
K	Kilo	KEYloh	KIlo
L	Lima	LEEmah	LImah
M	Mike	Mike	MAÏk
N	November	NoVEMber	NoVÈMMber
O	Oscar	OSScah	OSSkar
P	Papa	PahPAH	PahPAH
Q	Quebec	KehBECK	KéBÈK
R	Romeo	ROWmeoh	ROmio
S	Sierra	SeeAIRrah	SiÈRrah
T	Tango	TANGgo	TANGgo
U	Uniform	YOUneeform*	YOUniform*
V	Victor	VIKtah	VIKtar
W	Whiskey	WISSkey	OUISSki
X	X-ray	ECKSray	ÈKSSRÉ
Y	Yankee	YANGkey	YANGki
Z	Zulu	ZOOloo	ZOUlou
		*or	*ou
		SHARLlee	CHARli
		OOneeform	OUniform
0	Nadazero	Nah-dah-zay-roh	Na-da-ze-ro
1	Unaone	Oo-na-wun	Ouna-ouann
2	Bissotwo	Bees-soh-too	Bis-so-tou
3	Terrathree	Tay-rah-tree	Te-ra-tri
4	Kartefour	Kar-tay-fower	Kar-té-fo-eur
5	Pantafive	Pan-tah-five	Pann-ta-faif
6	Soxisix	Sok-see-six	So-xi-sicks
7	Setteseven	Say-tay-seven	Sét-té-sev'n
8	Oktoeight	Ok-toh-ait	Ok-to-eit
9	Novenine	No-vay-niner	No-vé-nai-neu
.	Decimal Point	Day-see-mal	Dé-si-mal
.	Stop	Stop	Stop

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Listings from Brian Kelk, as at November, 2002.

Article 47950 of sci.lang:
Message-ID: 
From: bck22@bckelk.uklinux.net (Brian Kelk)
Newsgroups: sci.lang,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Phonetic alphabets (Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta) (November 2002)
Date: 18 Nov 2002 21:35:10 -0000
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Summary: phonetic/spelling alphabets for various languages
Keywords: phonetic alphabets

           Phonetic Alphabets (Alpha Bravo etc)

                        November 2002

There is a widely known alphabet Alpha Bravo ... Yankee Zulu.
Such alphabets are variously known as phonetic/radio/
spelling/telephone alphabets, and the term analogy alphabet
is also used. This collection currently includes alphabets
for the following languages:
(Arranged into approx alphabetical order - JWA)

English, Africaans, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, 
Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, 
Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Kwanyama, Ndonga, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Slovak, Slovenian,
Spanish, Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian.

There is also some information about Morse code and
phonetics for digits.

This posting supersedes the one of 20 July 2001. Changes
include new material for Czech and Polish, and French/Dutch
material from Belgium.

My thanks to the many contributors, not all of whom are
acknowledged below. Particular thanks to Gwillim Law
gwil@mindspring.com for numerous contributions and for
looking after posting for a while.

Please report any errors. I will be glad to receive new
material; further references; anecdotes; whatever.

http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/menu.html

There is also a copy of the article at:

FUAT BARAN, Columbia, USA.

Editorial comments are in square brackets [ ].

A Web copy of this article, together
with some further material, can be found at:

http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net


                        Brian Kelk.  bck22@bckelk.uklinux.net
                        18 November 2002

***** ENGLISH *****

The NATO phonetic alphabet:

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India
Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo
Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu

[This alphabet dates from about 1955 and is approved by the
 International Civil Aviation Organization, the FAA and the
 the International Telecommunication Union; note that
 different bodies prefer different spellings, so one also
 sees: Alfa Juliett Juliette Oskar Viktor]

[The alphabet above is from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of
 Language. An alphabet with Alfa X-ray can be found in The
 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms.
 Alfa Juliett X-ray, which is the ICAO version, appears in
 A Concise Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English
 and also a Langenscheidt dictionary]

[There is one report of UK police using Indigo instead of India.
 German army handbook 90/91: Alfa Foxtrott Juliett.
 Italian version: Alfa Charly FoxTrot Giuliet Romio Wiskey.
 An Indonesian phrase book: Beta Ultra Volvo Whisky X-ray.
 A precursor of the present alphabet (1952?) had: Alfa Coca
 Metro Nectar Siera Union Whisky Extra]

Phonetics for digits (from an amateur radio FAQ):

  zero one two tree fower fife six seven eight niner

From the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language:

  zero wun too tree fower fife six seven ait niner


Atlantic City ITU convention 1947:

  Nadazero     NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH
  Unaone       OO-NAH-WUN
  Bissotwo     BEES-SOH-TOO
  Terrathree   TAY-RAH-TREE
  Kartefour    KAR-TAY-FOWER
  Pantafive    PAN-TAH-FIVE
  Soxisix      SOK-SEE-SIX
  Setteseven   SAY-TAY-SEVEN
  Oktoeight    OK-TOH-AIT
  Novenine     NO-VAY-NINER

'Telecom B':

[Note similarity to Apples Butter Charlie]

Alfred Benjamin Charles David Edward Frederick George Harry
Isaac Jack King London Mary Nellie Oliver Peter Queen Robert
Samuel Tommy Uncle Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra

[Found also in Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian telephone
 directories. An 'analogy alphabet' in a Kenyan directory
 has Charlie and no Y. A Swiss directory: Andrew Charlie
 Lussy Queenie Sugar. French/German vocabulary books: Andrew
 Charlie Lucy Mike Nelly Sugar Xmas. English phrase books
 for Spanish/Italian speakers: Charlie. A 'British English'
 alphabet in a Langenscheidt dictionary: Andrew Charlie Lucy
 Queenie Sugar Xmas]

[Used as an English alphabet by telephone operators in
 Israel]

'British A':

Amsterdam Baltimore Casablanca Denmark Edison Florida
Gallipoli Havana Italia Jerusalem Kilogramme Liverpool
Madagascar New_York Oslo Paris Quebec Roma Santiago Tripoli
Uppsala Valencia Washington Xantippe Yokohama Zurich

[An 'international' alphabet in a Dutch telephone directory
 has: Danemark. A 'French' alphabet in a Hungarian dictionary
 has: Cassablanka Danemark Que'bec Upsala Zu"rich.
 An 'international' alphabet in a business book for French
 has: Italy Kilogram Zu"rich; the corresponding book for 
 German has: Italy Kilogram Xanthippe Zu"rich.
 An 'international' alphabet in a Langenscheidt dictionary:
 Danemark Madagaskar Que'bec Upsala Xanthippe Zu"rich]
 An 'international' alphabet in a Larousse business book:
 Danemark Je'rusalem Que'bec Xanthippe 

[West Berlin telephone directory 1965: Danemark Je'rusalem
 Madagaskar Que'bec Upsala Xanthippe Zu"rich.
 Santa Fe (Argentina) 1955: Dinamarca Habana Jerusale'n
 Kilogramo Nueva_York N~andubay Upsala Wa'shington Xantipo
 Yokoama.
 Azores 1966: Danemark Ita'lia Jerusale'm New-York Que'bec
 Upsala Yokoham]

[Used as a French alphabet by telephone operators in Israel]

Bombay telephone directory 1962 (also a later source):

Army Brother Cinema Doctor English Father Gold Hotel India
Jam King Lady Mother Navy Orange Paper Queen Raja Sister
Table Uncle Victory Water X-ray Yellow Zero

Kenyan and Tanzanian telephone directories 1966:

Africa Bombay Charlie Durban England Freddie George Harry
India Japan Kenya London Mombasa Nairobi Orange Peter Queen
Robert Sugar Tanga Uganda Victory William X-Ray Yellow

Zanzibar

Johannesburg telephone directory 1965:

[Note similarity to Alfred Benjamin]

Arthur Betty Charlie David Edward Frederick George Harry
Isaac Jane Kate Lucy Mary Nellie Olive Peter Queen Robert
Simon Thomas Union Violet William X-Ray York Zero

Malayan telephone directory 1964:

Australia Bombay China Denmark England Fiji Ghana Hongkong
India Japan Kedah London Malacca Norway Osaka Penang
Queensland Russia Singapore Turkey Uganda Victoria Wales
X'Ray Yokohama Zanzibar

Used by police in New York City:

[Note similarity to ARRL and Western Union]

Adam Boy Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam Tom
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Variants: Eddie Larry Nancy Thomas Yankee Yellow]

Used by police in Nassau County, Long Island, New York

Adam Boston Chicago Denver Edward Frank George Henry Ida
John King Lincoln Mary Nancy Ocean Peter Queen Robert Sam
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

Used by police in San Diego, California:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Queen Robert Sam Tom Unit
Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra

Used by police in Hutchinson, Kansas:

Adam Boy Charles David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary Nora Ocean Paul Q.. Robert Sam Tom Union
Victor William X-ray Yankee Zebra

Alternative phonetics sometimes used unofficially in amateur
radio: 

America Boston Canada Denmark England France Germany
Honolulu Japan Kilowatt London Mexico Norway Ontario/Ocean
Pacific Radio Santiago/Spain Tokyo United Victoria
Washington Yokohama Zanzibar

[Also: Amsterdam, Baltimore, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Finland,
 Geneva, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaii, Italy, Kentucky, King,
 Luxembourg, Montreal, Nicaragua, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
 Sweden, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela]

The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) alphabet (1948):

[Note similarity to Western Union and Able Baker]

Adam Baker Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lewis Mary Nancy Otto Peter Queen Robert Susan Thomas
Union Victor William X-ray Young Zebra

[Nowadays the ARRL endorses the NATO/ICAO/ITU alphabet]

British forces 1904:

Ack Beer C D E F G H I J K L Emma N O Pip Q R Esses Toc U
Vic W X Y Z

[The OED has a reference for Beer and Emma dated 1891]


British 1914, perhaps Post Office approved:

Apple Brother Charlie Dover Eastern Father George Harry
India Jack King London Mother November October Peter Queen
Robert Sugar Thomas Uncle Victoria Wednesday Xmas Yellow
Zebra


Royal Navy 1917:

Apples Butter Charlie Duff Edward Freddy George Harry Ink
Johnnie King London Monkey Nuts Orange Pudding Queenie
Robert Sugar Tommy Uncle Vinegar Willie Xerxes Yellow Zebra

British Army 1927:

Ack Beer Charlie Don Edward Freddy George Harry Ink Johnnie
King London Monkey Nuts Orange Pip Queen Robert Sugar Toc
Uncle Vic William X-ray Yorker Zebra

U.S. Army 1916:

Able Buy Cast Dock Easy Fox George Have Item Jig King Love
Mike Nap Opal Pup Quack Rush Sail Tape Unit Vice Watch X-ray
Yoke Zed

U.S. Navy 1940:

Affirmative  Baker  Cast  Dog  Easy  Fox George  Hypo
Interrogatory  Jig  King  Love  Mike  Negative  Option  Preparatory
Queen  Roger  Sail  Tare  Unit  Victor  William  Xray  Yoke  Zed

U.S. Army/Navy 1941:  Sail

[In similar alphabets: affirm, cast, hypo, inter, negat,
 option, over, prep]

Used in Thailand: Billy, Jack

[In similar alphabets: Affirm, Cast, Hypo, Inter, Negat, Option, Over, Prep ]


Pre-1954 U.S. Navy Radio Alphabet:

(Communications Handbook, 1945)

[Note similarity to Able Buy Cast]

Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox George How Item Jig King
Love Mike Nan Oboe Peter Queen Roger Sugar Tare Uncle Victor
William X-ray Yoke Zebra

[formerly used by IBM engineers for hex digits and pin
 positions; still used at at least one site]

"Used by Armed services of USA & GB" (ARRL Handbook, 1945)

Able Baker ... Easy ... Tare ...

RAF 1924-42:

Ac Beer Charlie Don Edward Freddie George Harry Ink Johnnie
King London Monkey Nuts Orange Pip Queen Robert Sugar Toc
Uncle Vic William X-ray Yorker Zebra

RAF 1942-43:

Apple Beer Charlie Dog Edward Freddy George Harry Ink
Jug/Johnny King Love Mother Nuts Orange Peter Queen
Roger/Robert Suga Tommy Uncle Vic William X-ray Yoke/Yorker
Zebra

[cf. aircraft in Dambusters raid: A-Apple B-Baker C-Charlie
 E-Easy F-Freddie G-George H-Harry J-Johnny K-King L-Leather
 (officially L-London) M-Mother N-Nuts O-Orange P-Popsie
 S-Sugar T-Tommy W-Willie Y-York Z-Zebra]


RAF 1943-56:

Able-Afirm ... Item/Interrogatory ... Jig/Johnny ...
Nab/Negat ... Peter/Prep ...

Allied Services 1945:

Able Baker ... Edward ... Tape ...

From a book entitled "The Complete Morse Instructor..." (1944):

Able Baker ... Easy ... Tare ...

[WRENS at Bletchley Park: Apple  James  Kenneth(?)  Oliver  Peter  Quagger(??)  Unicorn  illiam  Xray ]

Western Union:

Adams Boston Chicago Denver Easy Frank George Henry Ida John
King Lincoln Mary New_York Ocean Peter Queen Roger Sugar
Thomas Union Victor William X-ray Young Zero

***** AFRIKAANS *****

Contributor: Gwillim Law 

(Johannesburg telephone directory 1965)

Andries Boetie Christo Dawid Eva Fanie Gert Hendrik Isak Jan
Karel Lena Marie Nellie Oom Pieter Queenie Roos Sannie Tom
Unie Venter Willem X-straal Yster Zoeloe

***** CHINESE *****

The Chinese armed forces use the following in connection
with Romanised Mandarin:

Aiya Boli Ciqi Desheng Egu Fuzhuang Geming Heping I: Yifu
J.. Keren Leguan Mofan Nali Ouyang Polang Q.. Riguang
Sixiang Tebie U: Weida V: Wudao W: Wuzhuang X.. Yisheng
Zidian

***** CROATIAN *****

Contributor: Ivan.Drzanic@gbcon.g-box.fido.hr (Ivan Drzanic)

Adria, Biokovo, Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Europa, Frankopan,
Gospic, Hrvatska, Istra, Jadran, Karlovac, Lika, Mostar,
Novska, Osijek, Pula, Q, Rijeka, Split, Trogir, Ucka,
Vukovar, W, X, Y, Zagreb

***** CZECH *****

(Berlitz phrase book)

Adam Boz~ena Cyril David 'Dumbier Emil Frantis~ek Gustav
Helena Ivan Josef Karel Ludvi'k L'ubochn~a Marie Norbert Oto
Petr Quido Rudolf R~ehor~ Svatopluk S~imon Toma's~ T'epla'
Urban Va'clav dvojite'_ve' Xaver ypsilon Zuzana Z~ofie


Contributor: Vitezslav Vecera 

Adam Boz~ena Cyril C~enek David D~a'blice Emil Frantis~ek
Gustav Helena Chrudim Ivan Josef Karel Ludvi'k Marie
Norbert/Neruda N~ina Oto Petr Quido Rudolf R~ehor~ Svatopluk
S~imon Toma's~ Te~s~nov Urban Va'clav dvojite'-V Xaver
Ypsilon Zuzana Z~ofie


***** DANISH *****

(Berlitz phrase book)

Anna Bernhard Cecilia David Erik Frederik Georg Hans Ida
Johan Karen Ludvig Marie Nikolaj Odin Peter Quintus Rasmus
Soeren Theodor Ulla Viggo William Xerxes Yrsa Zacharias
ae: Aegir  o-slash: Oeresund  a-circle: Aase

[Copenhagen telephone directory: Cecilie Nikolai]

Contributor: "Per K. Nielsen" 

The Danish military use the following additions to the NATO
alphabet:

Aegir  Oedis  Aase
but air traffic uses - Oeresund

***** DUTCH *****

[style: A van Anna]

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang erikt@let.rug.nl

anna bernhard cornelis dirk eduard ferdinand gerard hendrik
izaak jan karel lodewijk marie nico otto pieter quotient
rudolf simon teunis utrecht victor willem xantippe
ij: ijmuiden ypsilon zaandam

[Berlitz phrase book: bernard quadraat]

More recently: Anton Jacob Leopold (Lodewijk) Maria Theodoor
IJsbrand (IJmuiden)


(Collins phrase book)

Amsterdam Bravo Charlie Dirk Edam Freddie goed help Isaac
Jaap kilo lasso moeder Nico Otto paard Quaker Rudolf suiker
tafel uur vogel wind xylofoon Yankee zout


Contributor: Koen de Troij 

(Van Dale French-Dutch dictionary)

Anna Bernhard Cornelis Dirk Eduard Ferdinand Gerard Hendrik
Isaak Jan Karel Lodewijk Marie Nico Otto Pieter Quebec
Richard Simon Theodoor Utrecht Victor Willem Xantippe
Ysbrand Zeeland

[Van Dale Dutch-Swedish dictionary: Anton Izaa"k ypsilon]
[Dutch dictionary: Bernard Maria quotie"nt Rudolf Teunis
 IJmuiden ypsilon Zaandam]


Belgian (Flemish) alphabets:

[Note: there are some parallel French/Dutch alphabets for
 use in Belgium]

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang 

arthur brussel carolina desire emiel frederik gustaaf
hendrik isidoor jozef kilogram leopold maria napoleon oscar
piano qualite robert sofie telefoon ursula victor waterloo
xavier yvonne zola

[Dutch dictionary: De'sire' Quie'vrain Suzanna Xaverius zero]
[Another source:   Ce'sar De'sire' Quie'vrain Zero]


Contributor: Koen de Troij 

(Van Dale French-Dutch dictionary)

Anna Bernhard Cornelis Dirk Emil Frederik Gustaaf Hendrik
Isidoor Josef kilogram Leopold Maria Napoleon Oscar piano
Quie'vrain Robert Simon telefoon Ursula Victor Waterloo
Xantippe Yvonne zero


***** ESPERANTO *****

Contributors: Edmund.Grimley-Evans@cl.cam.ac.uk
              David Lane 

(Yearbook of Universala Esperanto-Asocio 1995)

Asfalto Barbaro Centimetro \^Cefo Doktoro Elemento Fabriko
Gumo \^Girafo Hotelo \^Haoso Insekto Jubileo \^Jurnalo
Kilogramo Legendo Ma\^sino Naturo Oktobro Papero Rekordo
Salato \^Silingo Triumfo Universo Universo-hoko Vulkano
Zinko

[An earlier version had Omnibuso instead of Oktobro]

Non-Esperanto letters:

q = kuo
w = \^germana vo
x = ikso
y = ipsilono

Morse code (approved by UAE and FCC in 1963):

^c  -.-..     ^g  - -.-.    ^h  -.- -.

^j  .- - -.   ^s  ...-.     ~u  ..- -

***** FINNISH *****

Contributors: Jukka Rahkonen 
              Kaita Seikku 

Aarne Bertta Celsius Daavid Eemeli Faarao Gideon Heikki
Iivari Jussi Kalle Lauri Matti Niilo Otto Paavo Kuu Risto
Sakari Tyyne Urho Vihtori Viski A"ksa"  Yrjo" Tseta A~ke A"iti
O"ljy

where A~ is A with circle (Swedish)
Uppercase   Lowercase


(Berlitz phrase book)

Anna Bertta Cecilia Daavid Erkki Faarao Gabriel Heikki
Iivari Jaakko Kalle Lauri Mikko Niilo Otto Pekka Quintus
Risto Sakari Tauno Urho Va"ino" kaksin/kertainen_v Xeres
Yrjo" Zeppelin ruotsalainen_o a"iti o"ljy

Morse code:
    .-.-      a-umlaut
    .- -.-    a-circle
    - - -.    o-umlaut

***** FLEMISH *****

[the N.O.D.E. defines Flemmish as the Dutch language
as spoken in Flanders]

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang erikt@let.rug.nl

arthur brussel carolina desire emiel frederik gustaaf
hendrik isidoor jozef kilogram leopold maria napoleon oscar
piano qualite robert sofie telefoon ursula victor waterloo
xavier yvonne zola

***** FRENCH *****

[style: A comme Anatole]

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang 

anatole bernard c'ecile denise 'emile fran5cois g'erard
henri isidore jean kl'eber louis marcel nicole oscar pierre
quital robert suzanne th'er`ese ursule victor wagon xavier
yvonne zo'e

Contributor: Rudolf Lais 


(Swiss telephone directory 1993)

Anna Berthe Ce'cile Daniel Emile Franc,ois Gustave Henri Ida
Jeanne Kilo Louise Marie Nicolas Olga Paul Quittance Robet
Suzanne The're`se Ulysse Victor William Xavier Yvonne Zurich

[also Geneva directory 1966]


(OUP vocabulary book)

Anatole Berthe Ce'sar De'sire' Euge`ne E'mile Franc,ois
Gaston Henri Irma Joseph Kle'ber Louis Marcel Nicolas Oscar
Pierre Que'bec Robert Suzanne The're`se Ursule Victor
William Xavier Yvonne Zoe'


(Langenscheidt phrase book)

Anatole  Berthe  Ce'sar  De'sire'  Emile   Franc,ois  Gaston  Henri
Isidore  Jean  Kle'ber  Louis  Marie  Nicolas  Oscar  Paul  Que'bec
Robert  Suzanne  The'odore  Ursule  Victor  Wagon  Xavier  Yvonne
Zoe'


(Larousse business book)

Anatole  Bruxelles  Caroline  De'sire'  E'mile  Fre'de'ric  Gustave
Henri  Isidore  Joseph  Kilogramme  Le'opold  Marie  Napole'on
Oscar  Piano  Quie'vrain  Robert  Suzanne  Te'le'phone  Ursule
Victor  Waterloo  Xavier  Yvonne  Ze'ro
 
[Belgian versions: Caesar Fre'de'rique kilogram Sophie
                   Ce'sar Emile Simon Xanthippe]
[Note: there are some parallel French/Dutch alphabets for
 use in Belgium]


(Berlitz and AA phrase books; Larousse business book)

Anatole Berthe Ce'lestin De'sire' Euge`ne Franc,ois Gaston
Henri Irma Joseph Kle'ber Louis Marcel Nicolas Oscar Pierre
Quintal Raoul Suzanne The're`se Ursule Victor William Xavier
Yvonne Zoe'

[With the addition of E'mile for e-acute this is the 
  official Post Office alphabet]

Similar alphabets:

Collins vocabulary book:   Bertha
business book:             E'mile
Cassel business book:      Zoe"
BBC business book:         Emile (for e-acute) Nicholas
telephone French book:     Rene'
Collins phrase books:      Victor/Viktor
Pitman business book:      E'mile (for e-acute)

(also Langenscheidt dictionary, Longman business
  book and Loire-Atlantique telephone directory 1966)

***** GERMAN *****

[style: A wie Anton]

[some alphabets have phonetics for umlauts, ch, sch, ss]

Contributor: Hermann Schumacher 

(official alphabet for emergency services,
 from "KatS-Dv 810 - Sprechfunkdienst", 1977)

Anton Berta C"asar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zacharias

"Arger  Charlotte  "Okonom  Schule  "Ubermut

[also Langenscheidt Standard German Dictionary 1993
 and West Berlin telephone directory 1965]
[Collins dictionary and grammar: similar but Bertha  Peter/Paula

Contributor: mrosa@eso.org (Michael Rosa)

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Karl Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle Richard
Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe Ypsilon
Zeppelin

A"rger  O"dipus  U"bel

More recent replacements:  Konrad Zacharias

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang 

anton bertha c"asar dora emil friederich gustav heinrich ida
julius kaufmann ludwig martha nordpol otto paula quelle
richard samuel theodor ulrich viktor wilhelm xanthippe
ypsilon zacharias

"arger  charlotte  "okonom  schule  "ubermut

Contributor: Rudolf Lais 

(Swiss telephone directory 1993)

Anna Bertha Ca"sar Daniel Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Jakob Kaiser Leopold Marie Niklaus Otto Peter Quelle Rosa
Sophie Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xaver Yverdon Zu"rich

[also Geneva directory 1966]

Contributor: Christof A Neumann 

(issued by Deutsche Bundespost)

Anton Bertha Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Jakob Konrad Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle Richard
Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xantippe Ypsilon
Zeppelin

Schule

Contributor: Steve Dunham 

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Johann Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula quer
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xaver
Ypsilon Zeppelin

Eszett

(OUP vocabulary book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Konrad Ludwig Martin Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanten
Ypsilon Zeppelin

A"rger  O"konom  U"bel

(Collins vocabulary book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Jerusalem Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zacharias

(Cassel business book)

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zacharias

A"rger  O"konom  Schule  U"bel

(BBC business book)   "standard phone alphabet"

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried/Samuel Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm
Xanthippe Ypsilon Zeppelin/Zacharias

A"rger  Charlotte  O"konom  Schule  U"bermut

(BBC business book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zeppelin

A"rger  O"konom  scharfes_s  Schule  U"bermut

(Berlitz phrase book)

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zacharias

A"rger  Charlotte  O"konom  Schule  U"bel

(Austrian telephone directory)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Konrad Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xaver
Ypsilon Zu"rich

A"rger  O"sterreich  scharfes_S  Schule  U"bel

(Collins phrase book)

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Konrad Ludwig Martin Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Victor Wilhelm Xanten
Zeppelin

Eszett

Contributor: Gwillim Law 

(Vienna telephone directory)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Konrad Ludwig Martha Norbert Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xaver
Ypsilon Zacharias

A"rger  Christine  O"sterreich  U"bel

(BBC language book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Victor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zeppelin

(Hugo business book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paris Quelle
Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Victor Wilhelm Xanthippe
Ypsilon Zacharias

A"rger  Charlotte  O"konom  U"bermut

(Langenscheidt phrase book)

Anton Berta Ca"sar Dora Emil Friedrich Georg Heinrich Ida
Johann Kaufmann Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle
Richard Samuel Theodor Ulrich Victor Wilhelm Xaver
Ypsilon Zeppelin

A"rger  O"konom  U"bermut


Second World War alphabet (from a former Web page):

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Josef Konrad/Kurfurst Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula
Quelle Richard Siegfried Toni Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xantippe
Ypern Zeppelin

(B-Bruno and F-Fritz were used in aircraft designations.)



Contributor: Anno Siegel 

Arno Borvaselin Coburg-Gotha Doria Ernst Friedrichsroda
Gomorrha Herrenzimmer Ida Jawohl_Odol Kolberg_Ost Leonidas
Motor Nora Oekonom Per_Motorrad Quohnsdorf_bei_Forst
Revolver Sabine Tod Uniform Verbrennungstod Weltnordpol
Xolabaphon York_Yellowstone Zoroaster

oe      Oekonomie
ue      Ueberkonto

[This alphabet provides mnemonics for Morse code: a syllable
 corresponds to a dash if it contains 'o', a dot otherwise.]

For another alphabet of this nature see
http://scoutnet.ch/archives/books/morse.html

***** GREEK *****

(AA phrase book)

Ale'xandros  Vasili'os  Geo'rgios  Deme'trios  Ele'ne  Zoe'
Erakle's  Theo'doros  Ioa'nnes  Konstanti'nos  Leoni'das
Mene'laos  Niko'laos  Xenofo'n  Odusse'as  Perikle's  Ro'dos
Sote'rios  Timole'on  Upsela'ntes  Fo'tios  Chre'stos  Psa'ltes
Ome'ga

***** HEBREW *****

(Berlitz phrase book)
(phonetics for Roman alphabet)

Affula Binyamina Carmel Dalia Eretz France Gedera Haifa
Israel Jaffa Karkur Lod Moledet Naan Ogen Pardes Queen
Rishon Sefer Tveria Urim Vered Wingate Express Yavniel
Zikhron

[used by telephone operators in Israel]

Later edition:

afula  binyamina  karmel  dalya  eretz  frans  gedera  h.eyfa
yisrael  jafa  karkur  lod  moledat  naan  ogen  pardes  kvin  rishon
sefer  tverya  urim  vered  vingeyt  ekspres  yavniel  zikhron


Contributor: Alon Tal 

Aleph Boaz Gimel David Hagar Vav Ze'ev Hava Tiach Yona
Carmel Lea Moshe Nesher Samekh A'in Pesel Tsipor Korakh Ruth
Shamir Telem


Contributor: kiezer@aquanet.co.il

Osnat  Bela  Gila  Dalia  Hagar  Vered  Ziva  Hava  Tova  Yona  Carmel
Leytal  Miri  Nurit  Smadar  Einat  Fani  Tzila  Korina  Ruth  Sarah
Tami

***** HUNGARIAN *****

(telephone directory)

Andra's Be'la Cecil Do'ra Eleme'r Ferenc Gizella Hajnalka
Istva'n Ja'nos Katalin Luca Ma'tya's Na'ndor Olga Piroska
Queen Ro'bert Sarolta Ti'mea Ubul Vilmos Walter Xe'nia
Ypsilon Zolta'n


Contributor: Gyo:ngyo:si Jo'zsef 

(used in amateur radio)

Antal, Be'la, Cecil (Ce'za'r), De'nes, Eleme'r, Ferenc,
Ge'za, Hele'n, Ibolya (Imre), Ja'nos, Ka'roly, La'szlo',
Ma'ria, Nelli, Olga, Pe'ter, Kvelle, Ro'bert, Sa'ndor,
Tama's, Ubul, Viktor (Vilmos), dupla-ve' (dupla-Vilmos,
"viszki"), "x-es", "ipszilon" (jenki), Zolta'n

(Berlitz phrase book)

Alada'r A'gota Bala'zs Ceci'lia De'nes Erzse'bet E'va Ferenc
Ga'bor Hele'n Ilona Jo'zsef Ka'roly La'szlo' Mo'nika Na'ndor
Olga O:do:n Pe'ter Ku' Ro'bert Sa'ndor Tivadar Ubul U:ro:m
Vilma duplave' iksz ipszilon Zora'n

***** ITALIAN *****

[style: A come Ancona]
[cappa properly refers to Latin K, kappa to Greek]

Contributor: ebuie@sed.csc.com     (Elizabeth Buie)
             ebuie@starlab.csc.com

Ancona, Bologna, Como, Domodossola, Empoli, Firenze, Genova,
Hacca, Imola, Jolly, Kappa, Livorno, Milano, Napoli,
Otranto, Pisa/Palermo, Quartomiglio, Roma, Savona/Siena,
Torino, Udine, Venezia, Wagner, Xilofono, York, Zara

[Hacca should be Acca]


Contributor: Rudolf Lais 

(Swiss telephone directory 1993)

Anna Battista Carlo Davide Ernesto Federico Giovanni acca
Isidoro i_lungo cappa Luigi Maria Nicola Olga Pietro
Quintino Rodolfo Susanna Teresa Umberto Vittorio vu_doppia
ics ipsilon Zurigo

[also Geneva directory 1966]

(Cassel language book)

Ancona Bologna Cagliari Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova
Hotel Imola Jolly Kappa Londra Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo
Quarto Roma Sondrio Torino Udine Vicenza Vdoppio X
Yugoslavia Zagabria

(Cassel business book)

Ancona Bologna Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel
Imola I_lunga Kursaal Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Padova
Quarto Roma Savona Torino Udine Venezia Washington Ics
York/yacht Zara

(BBC language book)

Ancona Bologna Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel
Imola Jersey Kilo Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo
Quaderno Roma Savona Torino Udine Venezia Washington ics
York Zurigo

Contributor: Salvatore Innaimi 

Ancona Bari Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Acca
Imola Jolly Cappa Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo
Quartomiglio Roma Siena Torino Udine Venezia Walter Ics York
Zurigo

(Berlitz phrase book)

Ancona Bari Catania Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel
Imperia i_lunga kappa Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo
cu Roma Sassari Torino Udine Venezia v_doppia ix i_greca
zeta

(Collins phrase book)

Ancona Bari Catania Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel
Imperia Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo quarto Roma
Savona Torino Udine Venezia

(Collins phrase book)

Ancona Bari Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova Hotel
Imola Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto Palermo Quarto Roma
Savona Torino Udine Venezia Zara

(Pitman business book)

Ancona Bologna Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze/Forli` Genova
(acca) Imola (i_lunga) (cappa) Livorno Milano Napoli Otranto
Palermo (cu) Roma Savona Torino Udine Venezia Washington
(ics) (ipsilon) Zara


(Berlitz business book)

Ancona  Bari  Catania  Domodossola  Empoli  Firenze  Genova  Hotel
Imola  Livorno  Milano  Napoli  Otranto  Palermo  Quarto  Roma
sassari  Torino  Udine  Venezia


(Langenscheidt phrase book)

Ancona  Bologna  Como  Domodossola  Empoli  Forli  Genova  Hotel
Imola  Jolanda  cappa  Livorno  Milano  Napoli  Otranto  Pisa
Quattro  Roma  Salerno  Torino  Udine  Venezia  Washington  ics
ypsilon  zeta


(Routledge grammar book)

Ancona Bologna Como Domodossola Empoli Firenze Genova hotel
Imola i_lungo/Jolly cappa/Kennedy Livorno Milano Napoli
Otranto Palermo cu/quaranta/Quarto Roma Salerno Torino Udine
Venezia Washington ics ipsilon zeta/Zara

***** KWANYAMA *****

[South-western Bantu; northern Namibia]

Contributor: jouni@ling.gu.se (Jouni F Maho)
(school book)

Anna Beata Cesilia David Eva Feni Gerson Hosea Immanuel
Johanna Kayosho Lamek Maria Nande Otto Pauli Quini Rauha
Simon Tuuli Ulania Vilho Wilkka Xokulu Yoleni Zola

***** NDONGA *****

[South-western Bantu; northern Namibia]

Contributor: jouni@ling.gu.se (Jouni F Maho)
(school book)

Anna Beata Cesilia David Eva Feni Gerson Hosea Immanuel
Johanna Kayoso Lamek Maria Nande Otto Pauli Quini Rauha
Simon Tuuliki Ulania Vilho Wilika Xerxes Yoleni Zola


***** NORWEGIAN *****

[style:  A for Anna]

Contributor: seem@oslonett.no (Terje Trane)

(telephone directory)

Anna Bernhard Caesar David Edith Fredrik Gustav Harald Ivar
Johan Karin Ludvig Martin Nils Olivia Petter Quintus Rikard
Sigrid Teodor Ulrik Enkel-V Dobbelt-V Xerxes Ynling Zakarias

ae: Aerlig/Aerleg  o-slash: Oern/Oesteen   a-circle: Aase

[Dictionaies:  similar but sometimes Sigurd]
[Aerlig is Bokmaal,  Aerleg is Nynorsk]


***** POLISH *****

[style: A jak Adam]

Contributor: Michal Jankowski 

(Warsaw telephone directory)

Adam Barbara Celina Danuta Ewa Franciszek Genowefa Henryk
Irena Jadwiga Karol Leon L/ukasz Maria Natalia Olga Pawel/
Roman Stanisl/aw Tadeusz Urszula Wl/adysl/aw Xantypa Ygrek
Zygmunt

[Collins dictionary:  Cecylia/Celina  Dorota  Quebec  S'wiatowid
Violetta  Wacl/aw  Ypsylon]


Contributor: Gyo:ngyo:si Jo'zsef 

(used in amateur radio)

Adam, Bozena, Celina, Dawid, Ewa, Franek, Grazyna, Henryk,
Irena, Janusz, Kilo, Ludwik, Maria, Natalia, Olga, Pawel/,
Quido, Roman, Stefan, Tomasz, Urban, Violeta, Wanda, Xawer,
Y-grek, Zygmunt

(Berlitz phrase book)

Adam Barbara Celina Dorota Ewa Franciszek Grazyna Henryk
Iwona Jan Karol Leon L/ukasz Maria Natalia Olga Piotr Quiz
Roman Stanisl/aw Tadeusz Urszula Violeta Wacl/aw Xymena
Ypsylon Zenon


Morse code mnemonics (syllable with 'o' means dash)

a-zot /.-.-/ bo-ta-ni-ka co-raz-moc-niej /-.-../ do-li-na
el/k /..-../ fi-lan-tro-pia go-spo-da ha-la-bar-da /----/
i-gl/a jed-no-kon-no ko-la-no le-o-ni-das /.-..-/ mo-tor
no-ga /--.--/ o-pocz-no /---./ pe-lo-po-nez /--.-/ re-tor-ta
sa-ha-ra /...-.../ tom ur-sy-no'w /...-/ wi-no-rosl /-..-/
/-.--/ zl/o-to-li-te /--..-/--..-./


Contributor: "Tomasz Major" 

Morse code mnemonics (syllable with 'o' means dash)

Azot Botanika Co-mi-zrobisz Dolina Elk Filantropia Gospoda
Halabarda Igla Jednokonno Kolano Leonidas Motor Noga Opoczno
Peloponez /--.-/ Retorta Sahara Ton Urbino /...-/ Winorosl
Xoxymilko York-hull-oxford Zlotolity


***** PORTUGUESE *****

[style: A de/como Aviero]

(Berlitz phrase book)

Aveiro Braga Coimbra Dafundo E'vora Faro Guarda Horta
Ita'lia Jose' Kodak Lisboa Maria Nazare' Ovar Porto Queluz
Rossio Setu'bal Tavira Unidade Vidago Waldemar Xavier York
Zulmira

[Azores telephone directory 1966: Braganc,a Kilograma
 Wilson]

(Collins phrase books)

Alexandre Banana/Bastos Carlos Daniel Eduardo Franc,a
Gabriel Holanda Ita'lia Jose' Lisboa Maria Nicolau O'scar
Paris Quarto Ricardo Susana Teresa Ulisses Venezuela Xangai
Zebra


(AA phrase book)

Ame'rica  Bernado  Colo'nia  Dinamarca  Espanha  Franc,a  Gre,cia
Holanda  Irlanda  Japa~o  Kremlin  Londres  Madrid  Na'poles  Oslo
Portugal  Quilo  Ru'ssia  Sue'cia  Turquia  Uruguai  Vito'ria
Washington  Xangai  Zurique


(Collins dictionary)

Anto^nio  Beatriz  Carlos  dado  Eliane  Francisco  Gomes  Henrique
Irene  Jose'  Ka'tia  Lu'cia  Maria  Osvaldo  Pedro
Quintela/Quinteta  Roberto  Sandra  Tereza  U'rsula  Vera  William
Xavier  Yolanda  Zebra

***** ROMANIAN *****

(Berlitz phrase book)

Ana Barbu Constantin Dumitru Elena Florea Gheorghe
Haralambie Ion Jiu kilogram Laza~r Maria Nicolae Olga Petre
qu Radu Sandoo Tudor T,ara~ Udrea Vasile dublu_V Xenia
I_grec zaha~r


***** ROMANSH *****

[aka Rumansh]

Contributor: Rudolf Lais 

(Swiss telephone directory)

Anna Berta Carla Dora Emil Flurin Guido Hugo Ida Judit Kilo
Luisa Maria Nesa Otto Paula Quirin Rita Silvia Toni Ursin
Victor Willi Xaver Yvonne Zita

***** RUSSIAN *****

Contributor: tom@systemtechnik.tu-ilmenau.de (Thomas Planke)

Aleksej Boris Vasilij Grigorij Dmitrij Elena Zhenja Zoya
Ivan Ivan_Kratkij Kilowatt Leonid Maria Nikolai Olga Pavel
Roman Sergej Tatjana Uljana Fjodor Hariton Zaplja Chelovek
Shura Schuka Tviordiy_Znak Igrek Miagkiy_Znak Emilija Yuri
Jakow


Contributor: "Oleg.A.Chernozyomov" 

(used in amateur radio)

Anna Boris Vasiliy Galina Dmitriy Yelena Yozh Zhuk Zinaida
Ivan Ivan_Kratkiy Konstantin Leonid Maria Nikolay Olga Pavel
Roman Sergey Tamara Ul'yana Fyodor Hariton Tsentr Chelovek
Shura Shchyuka Tvyordy_Znak Yery Myagkiy_Znak Ekho Yuliana
Yakov

Variants: Anton Grigoriy Yolka Zhenya Zoya Irina/Igor Yot
Kilowatt Lyubov Mikhail Nadezhda/Nina Oleg Polina Radio
Semyon Tatyana Tsaplya Znak/Iks Igrek Znak/Iks

Used informally: Borya Vasya Grisha Galya Dima Zina Kosta
Kolya Lyonya Lyuba Misha Masha Nadya Pasha Roma Sasha Tanya
Fedya Yulya Yasha

Morse code is as follows:

A  B  W  G  D  E  E  V  Z  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  R  S  T
U  F  H  C  /- - -./- - - -/  Q  X  Y  X  /..-../..- -/.-.-

and the same mapping provides a system of phonetics for
Roman letters (used in parallel with Alpha Bravo). [The
mapping is similar to KOI-7 but not identical]


(AA phrase book)

Anna  Boris  Viktor  Grigoriy  Dmitriy  Elena  Yolka  Zhenya  Zoya
Irina  Yod  Konstantin  Liza  Mariya  Natasha  Ol'ga  Pyotr  Ruslan
Semyon  Tat'yana  Ukraina  Fyodor  Khar'kov  Tsaritsa  Chekhov
Shura  Shchuka  Erik  Yuriy  Yana

***** SERBO-CROAT *****

(Berlitz phrase book)

Avala Beograd Cetinje C~ac~ak C'uprija Dubrovnik Djakovo
Dz~amija Evropa Foc~a Gorica Hercegovina Istra Jadran Kosovo
Lika Ljubljana Mostar Nis~ Njegos~ Osijek Pirot Rijeka
Skopje S~ibenik Titograd Uros~evac Valjevo Zagreb Z~irovnica
Kvadrat Duplo_V Ipsilon Iks

***** SLOVAK *****

Contributor: Martin Votruba 

(telephone directory)

Adam, Boz~ena, Cyril, C~adca, Da'vid, D~umbier, Emil,
Frantis~ek, Gusta'v, Helena, CHrudim, Ivan, Karol, Ludvi'k,
L~ubochn~a, Ma'ria, Norbert, N~ - Nitra, Oto, Peter, Quido,
Rudolf, Sva"topluk, S~imon, Toma's~, T~ - Tepla', Urban,
Va'clav, W - dvojite' ve', Xaver, Ypsilon, Zuzana, Z~ofia

***** SLOVENIAN  *****

Contributor: Primoz Peterlin 

Ankaran Bled Celje C~rnomelj Drava Evropa Fala Gorica
Hrastnik Izola Jadran Kamnik Ljubljana Maribor Nanos Ormoz~
Piran Ku Ravne Soc~a S~marje Triglav Unec Velenje Dvojni-V
Iks Ipsilon Zalog Z~alec

***** SPANISH *****

[style: A de Antonio]
[some alphabets have phonetics for ch, ll, n~, rr]

(BBC business book, Collins and Berlitz phrase books)

Antonio Barcelona Carmen Chocolate Dolores Enrique Francia
Gerona Historia Ine's Jose' Kilo Lorenzo Llobregat Madrid
Navarra N~on~o Oviedo Pari's Querido Ramo'n Sa'bado
Tarragona Ulises Valencia Washington Xiquena Yegua Zaragoza

[an AA phrase book has "i griega" for Y]
[Collins dictionary and grammar: similar but Ine's/Israel
Querido/Quebec  Ulises/Uruguay]


Contributor: Paul Driessen 

(used in ministries in Madrid in the 1960s)

Alicante Bilbao Ca'diz Dinamarca Espan~a Francia Girona
Huelva Italia Jae'n Kilo Lugo LLamar Madrid Navarra Oviedo
Portugal Queso Roma EreDoble Sevilla Toledo U'nico Valencia
UveDoble equis Yugoslavia Zaragoza

(business book)   "The telephonist's alphabet"

Antonio Barcelona Carmen Domingo Espan~a/Enrique Francia
Gerona Historia Italia/i_latina Jose'/Jaen Kilo Le'rida
Llave Madrid Navarra N~ando Oviedo Portugal/Pari's Queso
Ramo'n/Roma Sevilla Tarragona/Toledo Ursula/Ubeda Valencia
Washington Xilofo'n Yegua Zaragoza

(Langenscheidt phrase book)

Antonio  Bogota'  Carmen  Chocolate  Dora  Enrique  Francisco
Gibraltar  Historia  Ine's  Jose'  Kilo  Lorenzo  Llobregat
Me'xico  Nicaragua  N~on~o  Oce'ano  Paraguay  Querido  Ramo'n
Sa'bado Toma's  Ulises  Venezuela  Washington  Xiquena  Yegua
Zaragoza


(Berlitz phrase book)   [Latin American]

Amalia Beatriz Carmen Domingo Enrique Federico Guatemala
Honduras Ida Jose' Kilo Lima Llave Me'xico Nicaragua N~on~o
Olimpo Pablo Quito Rafael Santiago Teresa Uruguay Venezuela
Washington Xilo'fono Yucata'n Zorro


(AA phrase book)    [Latin American]

Ana  bueno  Carlos  chocolate  dedo  Eduardo  Francia  gato
historia  Ine's  Jose'  Kilo  Luis  Llanes  Madrid  Norma  n~on~o
Omar  Pedro  querido  Ramo'n  sa'bado  Teresa  Ulises  Victor
Washington  Xiquena  i_griega  Zaragoza


Contributor: "Francisco Andragnes" 

(used in Argentina)

Alicia Beatriz Carolina Dorotea Eva Federico Guillermina
Hombre Ines Josefina Kilo Lola Doble_Lola Maria Natalia
N~andu Ofelia Pandora Quintana Rosa Sara Teresa Ursula
Veronica Washington Xilofon Yolanda Zapato

***** SWAHILI *****

(Berlitz phrase book)

Aali Bibi Cyprus Daniel Elfu Fiwi Gombe Henry Ida Jinja
Kenya Leso Mtu Nairobi Olga Paul Quebec Robert Sana Tanga
Unga Victor William Xavier Yatima Zanzibar

Later edition:

Ali  Banda  Chakechake  Dodoma  Entebe  Fumba  Gogo  Homa  Imba
Jambo  Kenya  Lala  Mama  Nakuru  Ona  Punda  Kyela  Rangi  Simu  Tatu
Uganda  Vitu  Wali  Eksrei  Yai  Zanzibar

***** SWEDISH *****

Contributors: simon@dront.nada.kth.se (Simon Tardell)
              Jonas Wallgren 
              m8509@sparc2.abc.se (Thomas Green)

[also used officially in Finland]

Adam, Bertil, Cesar, David, Erik, Filip, Gustav, Helge,
Ivar, Johan, Kalle, Ludvig, Martin, Niklas, Olof, Petter,
Quintus, Rudolf, Sigurd, Tore, Urban, Viktor, Wilhelm,
Xerxes, Yngve, Za"ta, A~ke, A"rlig, O"sten

where A~ is A with circle

[above also in Routledge grammar book]
[Berlitz phrase book:  Qvintus]
[telephone directory:  Qvintus  Willhelm]

Sometimes used: Fredrik, Olle, Rikard

Stockholm police use Kryss (meaning cross) for X.

Digits:

Nolla Ett Tva~a Trea Fyra Femma Sexa Sjua A~tta Nia


(early 20th century)

Aron Bertil Cesar David Emanuel Frans Gustaf Harald Ivar
Johan Kalle Lars Martin Niklas Olof Petter Qvintus Rudolf
Sigurd Teodor Urban Viktor Wilhelm Xenofon Yngve Zakarias
A~ke A"rlig O"rn


Old phonetics for digits 1-9, 0:

Anna Beda Cecilia Dora Ebba Fina Greta Hedda Ida Julia


***** TURKISH *****

Contributor: Gorkem Cetin 

ankara bursa ceyhan CankIrI denizli edirne fatsa giresun
hopa Isparta izmir jale kayseri lUleburgaz manisa nazilli
ordu OdemiS pazar rize samsun SarkOy trabzon urfa Unye van
yalova zonguldak


(Berlitz phrase book)

adana balIkesir ceyhan Corum diyarbakIr edirne fatsa giresun
hatay Irmak istanbul jandarma kastamonu lUleburgaz manisa
nazilli ordu OdemiS pazar quebek rize samsun trabzon urla
Unye van dubel_v xavier yozgat zonguldak


Contributor: Fuat C. Baran 

(1982 diary)   "standard" for telephone

ankara bursa ceyhan Canakkale denizli edirne fatih giresun
hakkAri Ilgaz izmir japonya kayseri lUleburgaz malatya
nevSehir ordu OdemiS polatlI rize sivas Sile trabzon uSak
Unye van yozgat zonguldak


(AA phrase book)

adana bursa cide Canakkale denizli edirne fethiye giresun
hatay Isparta izmir lUleburgaz malatya  nevSehir ordu Oren
pamukkale  rize sinop  Sirvan tokat  urfa  UskUp  van yozgat
zonguldak


Contributor: kadifeli@cmpe.boun.edu.tr

adana bursa ceyhan Canakkale denizli edirne fatih giresun
yumuSak_ge hatay Isparta izmir jale kayseri lUleburgaz
malatya nevSehir ordu OdemiS polatlI rize samsun Sile
trabzon urfa Unye van yozgat zonguldak

***** UKRAINIAN *****

Contributor:  Valery Kharchenko  RA6YR

(used in amateur radio)

Andriy  Bogdan  Vasil' (W)  Grigory  Dmitro  Yenei (E)  Zhuk (V)
Zenoviy (Z)  Igrek (Y)  Ivan (I)  Izhak (I)  Yosip (J)  Kilovat  Levko
Mariya  Natalka  Olga  Pavlo  Roman  Stepan  Taras  Ukraina  Fedir
Khristina (H)  Tsentr (C)  Cholovik  Shura  Shchuka (Q)  Znak (X)
Yuri  Yakiv

[also used for Roman alphabet, as the above tries to indicate]


Contributor: "Vsevolod Onyshkevych" 

Morse code mnemonics (syllable with 'o' means dash)

Azot/Atom Bondarivna Vitrohon Harakiri Gogozy Dolyna Erg
Yednist_to_Syla Zhabye_Selo Zolotukha (Y -.--) Ivan/Iskra
Idzh,_Khto_Holoden Jdy_Kholodkom Kolino Lisoruby Moroz Noha
Okolot Prymorozky Rybon'ka Sahara Ton Upadok Filyantropy
Kholodochok Tsotsya_Dortsya Chornohora Sholovylo
Shcho_Roku_Moroz Yuriy_Korol' (-..-) Yaroshenko


***** END *****

  Brian Kelk
  Cambridge
  U.K.
  bck22@bckelk.uklinux.net  

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***** British Telephone Phonetics - 1914 ***** (JWA) - 19 July '01 

Contributor: John Goldfinch, UK.  From "Telephone Trouble" 1914 booklet, Evening News for the PO.

Apple  Brother  Charle  Dover  Eastern  Father  George  Harry  India
Jack   King   London  Mother  November  October  Peter  Queen  Robert
Sugar  Thomas  Uncle  Victoria  Wednesday  Xmas  Yellow  Zebra.

***** Anglicised East European Alphabet - 1987 ***** (JWA) - 19 May '00 

Contributor: Zyg Nilski, G3OKD.  From Telephone Instruction Sheet.

Ada    Bobby   Car     Diana   Elspet   Farrel  Gringo  Helen   Inna
John   Kate    Lilly   Marry   Nora     Oleg    Peter   Quince  Ronald
Suzan  Toledo  Ursula  Violet  William  X-ray   Yellow  Zina

***** English / French International ***** (JWA) - 30 Apr '00 

Contributor:  Ted Bastow,  VK2WL,  from -
"Codes and Abbreviations for use of the International Telecommunications Services."
    (Third issue)   ITU.  Geneva, 1975.    (1932 - 1975)
From Article 40 of the   "Instructions for the International Telephone Service."

Code A - (French)
Amsterdam   Baltimore  Casablanca  Denmark  Edison  Florida  
Gallipoli   Havana   Italia  Jerusalem   Kilogramme   Liverpool
Madagascar  New_York   Oslo  Paris  Quebec  Roma  Santiago  Tripoli
Upsala    Valencia   Washington    Xanthippe    Yokohama    Zurich

Code B - (English)
Alfred  Benjamin  Charles  David  Edward   Frederick  George  Harry
Isaac  Jack  King  London  Mary   Nellie    Oliver    Peter   Queen
Robert  Samuel  Tommy   Uncle  Victor  William  Xray  Yellow  Zebra

***** English ***** (JWA) - 5 Sept '97 

Contributor: Tony Smith, G4FAI, from Morsum Magnificat #53.
             D.V.System - Mnemonic Morse learning method, 1942.

A.D.     Buoy    Code     Dee   E      (F)airy  Gnu      (H)ooey    I.E.
(J)ests  Kim     (L)ibya  M.M.  No     (O)dds   (P)enny  Qvid
(R)ely   (S)oya  T        Uit   (V)aal (W)asp   (X)rays  Yank    Zzoo

   Vowels & 'Y' = DOT, Consonants & 'Y' in Yank = DASH 
   Bracketed letters are ignored.

***** Brazil ***** (JWA) - 15 Jan. '01 

Contributor: Rafael -    webjockey@bol.com.br     (Current Amateur and Military etc.)

Alfa    Bravo   Charlie (read: sharlie)  Delta   Eco   Foca (means "seal")  Golfe  Hotel (oh-tel)
India  Juliete (zhoo-lee-eh-te)   Kilo   Lima (lee-mah)   Mike   November   Oscar
Papa   Quebec (keh-beh-k)     Romeu (ro-mhe-oo)    Sierra    Tango (tAn-gho)    Uniforme
Victor (veek-thor)  Wiskey   Xingu (shEEn-goo)  Yankee   Zulu or  Zebra (zoo-lOO or zhe-brAh)


***** Japanese Phonetics *****  - (JWA) - 18 Nov '99.- 

 Contributor:  Atsu Taniguchi  JE1TRV  -  JARL A1 CLUB - 
               Email  je1trv@mwc.biglobe.ne.jp  Goto Atsu Homepage

Extracted from a Japanese radio operator’s text book.
The Japanese alphabet consists of 50 basic Characters and 25 variations
                                      in pronunciation.
As you see, popular and simple words are applied for the phonetic codes.
Eg.  TO = “Tokyo no TO”     means  “TO for Tokyo”
      O = “Osaka no O”      means  “O for Osaka”
     FU = “Fujisan no FU”   means  “FU for Fuji-yama”, etc.

A - Asahi no A
I – Iroha no I
U – Ueno no U
E – Eigo no E
O – Osaka no O
KA – Kawase no KA,             GA – Kawase no KA ni dakuten
KI – Kitte no KI,              GI – Kitte no KI ni dakuten
KU – Kurabu no KU,             GU – Kurabu no KU ni dakuten
KE – Keshiki no KE,            GE – Keshiki no KE ni dakuten
KO – Kodomo no KO,             GO – Kodomo no KO ni dakuten
SA – Sakura no SA,             ZA – Sakura no SA ni dakuten
SI(SHI)– Shinbun no SI(SHI),   ZI(JI) – Shinbun no SI ni dakuten
SU – Suzume no SU,             ZU – Suzume no SU ni dakuten
SE – Sekai no SE,              ZE – Sekai no SE ni dakuten
SO – Soroban no SO,            ZO – Soroban no SO ni dakuten
TA – Tabako no TA,             DA – Tabako no TA ni dakuten
TI(CHI)- Chidori no TI(CHI),   DI – Chidori no TI ni dakuten
TU(TSU)– Tsurukame no TU(TSU), DU – Tsurukame no TU ni dakuten
TE – Tegami no TE,             DE – Tegami no TE ni dakuten
TO - Tokyo no TO,              DO – Tokyo no TO ni dakuten
NA – Nagoya no NA
NI – Nippon no NI
NU – Numazu no NU
NE – Nezumi no NE
NO – Nohara no NO
HA – Hagaki no HA,    BA – Hagaki no HA ni dakuten, PA –Hagaki no HA ni handakuten
HI - Hikouki no HI,   BI – Hikouki no HI ni dakuten, PI-Hikoukino HI ni handakuten
HU(FU)-Fujisan no FU, BU – Fujisan no FU ni dakuten, PU-Fujisan no FU ni handakuten
HE – Heiwa no HE,     BE – Heiwa no HE ni dakuten, PE-Heiwa no HE ni handakluten
HO – Hoken no HO,     BO – Hoken no HO ni dakuten, PO-Hoken no HO ni handakuten
MA – Match no MA
MI – Mikasa no MI
MU – Musen no MU
ME – Meiji no ME
MO – Momiji no MO
YA – Yamato no YA
YI – Ido no YI
YU – Yumiya no YU
YE – Kaginoaru YE
YO – Yoshino no YO
WA – Warabi no WA
WO – Wowari no WO
N – Oshimai no N
. – Kugiriten
0 – Suuji no Maru
1 – Suuji no Hito
2 – suuji no Ni
3 – Suuji no San
4 – Suuji no Yon
5 – Suuji no Go
6 – Suuji no Roku
7 – Suuji no Nana
8 – Suuji no Hachi
9 – Suuji no Kyu

73! CU ON THE AIR

de JE1TRV Atsu Taniguchi


***** Modern Greek ***** (JWA) - 10 July '97 

Contributor: Gwillim Law from AA Phrase Book.

Ale'xandros  Vasi'lios  Geo'rgios    Deme'trios  Ele'ne    Zoe   Erakle's
Theo'doros   Ioa'nnes   Konstani'nos  Leoni'das  Mene'laos Niko'laos
Xenofo'n     Odusse'as  Perikle's     Ro'dos     Sote'rios Timol'on
Upsela'ntes  Fo'tios    Chre'stos     Psa'ltes   Ome'ga

***** Turkish ***** (JWA) - 10 July '97

Contributor: Gwillim Law from AA Phrase Book.

adna     bursa   cide       Canakkale   denizli     edirne    fethiye  
giresen  hatay   Isparta    izmir       iUleburgaz  malatya   nevSehir  
ordu     Oren    pamukkale  rize        sinop       Sirvan    tokat  
urfa     UskUp   van        yozgat      zonguldak

Contributor: kadifeli@cmpe.boun.edu.tr              (JWA) - 21 June '99

adana       bursa       ceyhan      Canakkale   denizli     edirne    
fatih       giresun     yumuSak ge  hatay       Isparta     izmir      
jale        kayseri     lUleburgaz  malatya     nevvSehir   ordu
Odemus      polatilI    rize        samsun      Sile        trabzon
urfa        Unye        van         yozgat      zonguldak

***** US Army Alphabet - 1916 ***** (JWA) - 6 Jun '00

Contributor: David W. Gaddy.
From:  "Signal Book, United States Army. 1916."  War Dept. Doc. 500.

Able   Boy    Cast    Dock   Easy    Fox    George  Have    Item
Jig    King   Love    Mike   Nan     Opal   Pup     Quack   Rush
Sail   Tare   Unit    Vice   Watch   X-Ray  Yoke    Zed.

***** US Army Alphabet - 1919 ***** (JWA) - 6 Jun '00

Contributor: David W. Gaddy.
From:  "Signal Communications for All Arms (Provisional)," 
        (AEF No. 2-R) GHQ, AEF, France. 4 June 1919.

Ack   Boy   Cat   Don   E  F  George  H  I   Jig  K  L  Emma
N  O  Pip   Quash  R   Esses  Toc  U  Vic  W  X   Yoke  Zed
(Note: - Partial phonetics were similar to then British practice. - JWA)

***** US Joint Army/Navy Alphabet - 1941 ***** (JWA) - 6 Jun '97

Contributor: Lee Aurick, W1SE.  (QST - April 1997 p.56)

Able    Baker   Charlie   Dog     Easy     Fox    George  How    Item
Jig     King    Love      Mike    Nan      Oboe   Peter   Queen  Roger
Sail    Tare    Uncle     Victor  William  X-ray  Yoke    Zebra

***** Western Union Teleg. Co. - 1945 ***** (JWA) - 30 December '00 

Contributor: Fred Brandes, USA.   (Western Union Brochure)

Arthur   Benjamin   Charles   David   Edward   Frank   George   Henry
Isaac    John   King    Louis   Mary     Nathan    Otto     Peter     Queen
Robert   Samuel    Thomas   Union   Victor   William   X-Ray   Yellow   Zero

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Mnemonic or Rythmic Morse Code Lists

These are sequences of words usually meant as training or learning aids to assist various methods of learning the Morse Code.
Some consist of words whose vowels etc. represent dots or dashes in the relevant Morse letter.
Others use rhymes or phrases whose initial letters indicate incrementing dots, dashes or combinations of the Morse letter.

***** US Civil War Phonetics - ca1860 ***** (JWA) - 26 Jun '97
Contributor: Canadian Railway Telegraph History. Inventor - S.F.B. Morse.

Ag-ainst       Bar-ba-ri-an    Cont-in-ent-al   Dah-li-a   Egg

Fu-ri-ous-ly   Gal-lant-ly     Hu-mi-li-ty      I-vy       Ju-ris-dic-tion

Kan-ga-roo     Le-gis-la-tor   Moun-tain        Nob-le     Off-ens-ive

Pho-tog-raph-er       Queen-Ka-tha-rine         Re-bec-ca  Se-ver-al

Tea            Un-i-form       Ve-ry-Va-ried    Wa-ter-loo

Ex-hi-bi-tion  Youth-ful-&-Fair     2long-2short [Morse for Z ]

Mnemonic Alphabet where 1-2 letter syllables = 'dot' and 3+ letter syllables = 'dash' of the International Morse Code.
BUT Six letters (L,P,Q,S,V,Y) do not conform.
This and other anomolies must cast doubt on this Alphabet. (JWA)

***** Chart c1908 at the Low Head Signal Station, Tasmania.***** - (JWA) - 6 Jun '97
- Published by Brown & Son, Glasgow. c1908-1921.

E-nglishmen  I-nvariably  S-upport  H-igh  A-uthority  U-nless  V-indictive.

T-he  M-anaging  O-wners  N-ever    D-estroy  B-ills.

R-emarks  W-hen  L-oose   P-lay     J-angling.

F-ractious  G-alloping  Z-ig zag  K-nights  X-peditely C-apture Y-our Q-ueen.


***** Dutch Scouts Mnemonics 1950's? *****  - (JWA) - 10 Jun '99.

 -  de MM57 de Tony Smith G4FAI, de Bert van Kleef PA0GVK.

An-ton           Bok-ke-wa-gen     Com-man-do-brug     Dors-vle-gel    Eend
Feest-ge-no-ten   Groot-moe-der    Huis-be-zit-ter       Ie-mand   
Ja-o-zo-mooi     Kloos-ter-poort   Lik-doorn-snij-der    Mo-tor   Noor-den
Oor-logs-vloot   Per-mo-tor-fiets  Quols-dorp-in-nood    Re-vol-ver
Sein-sleu-tel    Toon              U-ni-form             Va-kan-tie-woord
Waar-borg-som    Zon-der-slag-woord   Yor-ker-moor-kop   Zoe-loe-kaf-fer

* Syllables with an 'o', 'oo' = DASH,  others = DOT in Morse.

Other examples occur in the above lists and from
Siegfried Rambaum at siram@oldman.steinkamm.com

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6         Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms.
7         Codes    ARL, PRB, RRR
7         Q Code   QAA - QNZ         Civil Aviation
15         QAA - QQZ         Maritime Services
17         QRA - QZZ         Radio Telecommunications Service (All Services)
23     Z Code ZAA - ZCZ         Air Traffic Control Services
26         ZDA - ZFZ         Message Procedures
28         ZGA - ZGZ         Calling Procedure
29         ZHA - ZHM         Interference and Delay Procedure
            ZHN - ZHZ         Automatic Transmission Procedure
            ZIA - ZIZ         Serial Numbers
            ZJA - ZJZ         Optical Services and Equipment
30         ZKA - ZKZ         Radio Guard Procedures
31         ZLA - ZLM         Facsimile
            ZLN - ZLZ         Radio Navigation and Landing Facilities
            ZMA - ZMZ         Direction Finding
32         ZNA - ZNZ         Communications Security
            ZOA - ZOM         Relay.
33         ZON - ZOZ         Routing Procedures
            ZPA - ZPM         Strength and Readability
            ZPN - ZPZ         Search and Rescue Procedures.
34         ZQA - ZQZ         Take Off and Landing Instructions
            ZRA - ZRZ         Frequencies
35         ZSA - ZSZ         Air and Sea Traffic Control
            ZTA - ZTZ         Equipment
36         ZUA - ZUM         Miscellaneous
37         ZUN - ZUZ         Meteorology
            ZVA - ZVZ         Relay Procedure
            ZWA - ZWZ         Communications Exercises
            ZXA - ZXZ         Radiophoto and Facsimile.
38         ZYA - ZZZ         Reserved for National Allocations, Multiplex.
            ZZA - ZZZ         Communications Exercises.
39         Telegraphic Code to Insure Secrecy in the Transmission of Telegrams - 1885 - US War Dept.
40         List of Procedures, Abbreviations, Prosigns and Priorities. British Army, 1896.
41         Method of Coding Time, Ciphers and Cryptograms. 1896.
42         German Regulations for the Control of Wireless Telegraphy - 1905 (Extracts)
43         Z Codes,         Original 1907 from Admiralty ‘The British Signals Manual’.
47         List of Prosigns, Abbreviations, RA-SF Codes ‘Handbook for Wireless Telegraph Operators’ 1908.
48         Operator’s Qualifications - British Army 1896, Ship’s W/T Operator, British PO. 1908.
49         List of Procedure Signs and QRA to QSJ and Abbreviations 1909. British Post Office.
50         Machine gun fire observation semaphore signals. British Army ‘Infantry Training. 1911’.
51         Miscellaneous Procedures, WW1, British and German, 1918
52-74       X Codes         British Empire Forces c 1918 to c 1943+.
74         Ground Signal Codes, The Panel Code. Referenced only, not listed.
75         List of Military Data Transmission ‘X’-Codes.
76         Zogging.         The Signalling Disc or Shutter.
77         American - British military phraseology differences - Common usages.
78         Radiotelegraphy and Radiotelephony Combined Abbreviations List
105         Map – 1957 US Coastal Stations open for public correspondence.
106         Five Letter Codes of the ITU and Cable and Wireless. 1975.
130         Special Telegraphic Service Indicators for handling and charging etc. 1908 - 1996.
132         Royal Navy Convoy Codes - WW I.
133         Abbreviations - Phillips Press Code.
138         ARRL - ARL Radiogram Abbreviations List. (1949).
139         German Semaphore and Morse Methods and Procedures, with English Translation.
143         Radio Signal Reporting Codes - QSA, QRK, Tone, SINFO and SINPFEMO Reports
144         Phonetic Alphabets etc.         ( USA 1860, British, Australian, 1891-1915, R Navy 1917 )
145         "         "         ( Brit – Aust. 1927 – 1943, USN 1913, US Army 1916, 1919 )
146         "         "         ( USA 1922-41, Allied Forces 1943, ICAO 1947 )
147         "         "         ( Allied Forces 1955, ICAO 1952, NATO 1956-83, IRC 1927, ITC 1932-58 )
148         "         "         ( IITS 1932-75, Brit. PMG 1932, Western Union 1933, AR, Brit. 1942 )
149         "         "         ( RSGB, British, ARRL, IBM, Afrikaans. )
150         "         "         ( Argentina, Austria, Azores, Brazil, Chinese Army.)
151         "         "         ( Czech, Croatian, Danish )
152         "         "         ( Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish )
153         "         "         ( Finnish, Flemish, French )
154         "         "         ( French, German - WW1, WW2, > 1993, Greek )
155         "         "         ( Hebrew, Hungarian )
156         "         "         ( Hungarian, Indian, Italian )
157         "         "         ( Italian )
158         "         "         ( Italian, Kenya-Tanzania )
159         "         "         ( Kenya, Kwanyama, Latin America )
160         "         "         ( Ndonga, Norwegian, Polish )
161         "         "         ( Polish, Portuguese )
162         "         "         ( Portuguese, Romanian, Rumantsch, Russian, )
163         "         "         ( Russian, Serbo-Croat )
164         "         "         ( Slovak, Slovenian, South. Africa, Spanish )
165         "         "         ( Spanish, Swahili )
166         "         "         ( Swedish, Switzerland - [French, German, Italian, Romansh] )
167         "         "         ( Turkish, Ukrainian )
168         "         "         ( USA Police )
169         "         "         ( Japanese, 1999 )
170         "         "         ( NATO Phonetics 1987 - English and French pronunciations )
171-192       International Code of Signals 1987-1995 - Extracts of new procedures, abbreviations.
171         Methods of Signalling and General Instructions.
173         Radiotelephony - Calling and basic procedure.
174         Morse Signalling by Hand Flags or Arms.
175         Procedure Signals for Voice, Telegraphy, Lights and Flags.
178         Single Letter Signals for Icebreakers and Assisted Vessels.
178         Distress - Vessels, Signals, Position.
181         Search and Rescue - Proceding, Position, Info, Instructions, Search, Results, Rescue, Survivors.
186         Communications - Calling, Answer, Acknowledge, Cancel, Communicate, Exercise.
188         International Health Regulations.
189         Table of Complements.
190         Request for Medical Assistance - General, Description of Patient.
191         Innocent Passage and Freedom of Navigation. ICS, Supp 1995.
192         USA / Russia Supplementary Signals for Naval Vessels 1969, 1999.
193         USA Landline Numerical Code - 1857, 1859 etc. Incomplete.
194         USA Railroads - Weather, Block Codes, Abbreviations. Approx 1864 - 1909.
195         USA Police Ten-Code - Postwar - 1996.
197         USA Police etc. 11-Codes, 12-Codes, 1996.
198         CB Radio Operator’s Ten-Code - 1996.
199         CB Radio Operator’s 11 - Code.
200         CB Radio Trucker’s 12 - Code - 1976.
201         CB Radio Operator’s 13 - Code - 1996.
202         British Police Radio Codes. – Restricted. 1972.
203         Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary, 1996.
205         Telegraph Transmission Codes, Code Chronology.
206         Chronology Early Machine Codes and Wireless Telegraphy.
207         Information Sought. Wireless or Radio?
207         Morse and Other Telegraph Codes - Introduction.
208         French Method of Semaphoring by Hand Flags. 1911.
209         Semaphore Alphabet - (ICS 1931). Morse and Semaphore Flag Positions. RN Pasley, 1866.
210         The US General Service Code ( Myer, Army/Navy Code ) 1860-1912.
212         1912 Flag usage, USA Morse. Conventional Signs for Flag, Torch, Heliograph, Flash Lantern.
212         Other US services Codes, 1909 - 1915. Fog horn, whistle, bugle, bell, Ardois, Very, Semaphore.
213         Light and Sound Signals, According to Colomb’s Flashing Signals System.
215         Needle Telegraphs - Five, Two, Single Needle and Direct Indicating Telegraphs.
216         Needle Telegraph Codes - Schilling, Gauss & Weber, Steinheil, Cooke & Wheatstone, De La Rive, Wilson.
218         Morse -       Morse, Vail, Bain, Boston Fire Dept., American, Austro-German.
219                 "         Continental, Myer 1864-72, Myer 1912, WATCo, Phillips..
220                 "         Buckingham, Barclay, USN Code, Anderson, Phillips American, US Navy Bugle.
221                 "         Vietnam POW Codes, Polish Survival. – Punctuation.
222                 "         International, USA (American) and Arabic Morse - 1943.
223-224           "       Greek, Russian, Turkish and Japanese Morse - 1943-1997
225                 "         Chinese
227         The Heliograph. 1857 – 1995, Cairns to Coffs Harbour links.
229         World Time Zones. 2001.
230         Early Hughes, Wheatstone and Baudot Telegraph Systems.
231         Addenda – Material received after printing of main text – Q, Z Codes, Abbrevs, Patriot, Israeli, Navajo Phonetics
235-236       Bibliography, Sources and References. Thank you to all contributors.

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