How fast can you name all 26 words in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? This quiz will put your knowledge and speed to the test.

In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word People still talk about speech sounds ...

The Journal of the International Phonetic Association (JIPA) is a forum for original research in the fields of phonetic theory and description and their phonological, typological and broader ...

The parchments discovered in the Judean Desert's Cave of Letters were written in two languages, Aramaic and Greek. Scientists who study language, known as linguists, can communicate about different ...

D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...

Backers of a universal alphabet say it will make pronunciation easy and foster international understanding. But can phonetic spelling systems really smooth the path to world peace? You are in Vietnam ...

The following chart shows some of the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols and sounds they represent. Use it to decode the words found on your "Sound Communication" handout. The underlined portion ...