International Alphabets

As someone who listens frequently to shortwave broadcasts, you surely will come across some unusual ways to spell words. Here is a compilation of international alphabets you will find on the airwaves.

AirComms/ShipComms/NATO

This is international the most used alphabet.

Alfa
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrott
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whisky
X-Ray
Yankee
Zulu

International

Amsterdam
Baltimore
Casablanca
Denmark
Edison
Florida
Gallipoli
Havanna
Italia
Jerusalem
Kilogramm
Liverpool
Madagascar
New York
Oslo
Paris
Quebec
Roma
Santiago
Tripoli
Uppsala
Valencia
Washington
Xanthippe
Yokohama
Zürich

English

Andrew
Benjamin
Charlie
David
Edward
Frederick
George
Harry
Isaac
Jack
King
Lucy
Mary
Nellie
Oliver
Peter
Queenie
Robert
Sugar
Tommy
Uncle
Victor
William
Xmas
Yellow
Zebra

American

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

German

Anton
Ärger
Berta
Cäsar
Charlotte
Dora
Emil
Friedrich
Gustav
Heinrich
Ida
Julius
Kaufmann
Ludwig
Martha
Nordpol
Otto
Ökonom
Paula
Quelle
Richard
Samuel
Schule
Theodor
Ulrich
Übermut
Viktor
Wilhelm
Xanthippe
Ypsilon
Zeppelin