Letters and Numbers

OverviewHistoryEnglishSwedish

HistoryITU first adopted an international alphabet in

1927Used in civil aviation till WWII

USAAF and RAF developed own codes which were merged before 1943Used in civilian aviation after the warProblem – many sounds unique to English

ICAO adopted new alphabet 1947Common Spanish, English and French soundsSome problems led to five letter changes in 1956

LettersA - Alpha

Or AlfaB - BravoC - CharlieD - DeltaE - EchoF - FoxtrotG - GolfH - Hotel

LettersI - IndiaJ - Juliet

Or JuliettK - KiloL - LimaM - MikeN - NovemberO - OscarP - Papa

LettersQ - QuebecR - RomeoS - SierraT - TangoU - UniformV - VictorW - WhiskeyX - X-RayY - Yankee

LettersZ - ZuluÅ - Alpha AlphaÄ - Alpha EchoÖ - Oscar Echo

Numbers0 – Zero1 – Wun2 – Too3 – tree4 – Fow-er5 – Fife6 – six7 – Seven8 - Ait

Number9 – Niner10 – Ten100 – Hundred1000 - Thousand

And then in Swedish ---A – AdamB – BertilC – CesarD – DavidE – ErikF – FilipG – GustavH – HelgeI - Ivar

LettersJ – JohanK – KalleL – LudvigM – MartinN – NiklasO – OlofP – PetterQ – QuintusR - Rudolf

LettersS – SigurdT – ToreU – UrbanV – ViktorW – WillhelmX – XerxesY – YngveZ – ZätaÅ - Åke

LettersÄ - ÄrligÖ - Östen

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