A phonetic alphabet is a list of words used to
identify letters in a message transmitted by radio or telephone. Spoken words
from an approved list are substituted for letters. For example, the word
"Navy" would be "November Alfa Victor Yankee" when spelled
in the phonetic alphabet. This practice helps to prevent confusion between
similar sounding letters, such as "m" and "n", and to
clarify communications that may be garbled during transmission.
The
words chosen to represent some letters have changed since the phonetic alphabet
was introduced. When these changes occur, they are made by international
agreement. The current phonetic alphabet was adopted in 1957.
Examples
of the Thai phonetic alphabet
Gor
Gai is the first letter of the Thai alphabet
This is the first Thai consonant.
It is pronounced "Gor Gai". We add a word with the letter to make it
easier. When you say the word, you should it should be gor gai.
The word "gor" has no meaning. It's a consonant and need to be mixed
with other consonants and vowels to create a meaningful word.
