In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA ... for indicating the pronunciation of place names, personal names, and rare words.

A draft spelling alphabet made up of city names is expected by fall 2021. Simultaneously, the Weimar Republic phonetic alphabet will temporarily become valid — not officially, but symbolically ...

For over a century, the International Phonetic Alphabet has tried to remedy this ... collection of symbols—they're also arranged into a chart where the position of the symbol roughly corresponds ...

Germany is to revamp its phonetic alphabet to remove words added by the Nazis. Before the Nazi dictatorship some Jewish names were used in the phonetic alphabet - such as "D for David", "N for ...