Colonial wireless alphabet

The Colonial Wireless Alphabet (CWA) is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over wireless. This is similar to the NATO phonetic alphabet used for radio communications.

The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only ten have been canonically identified.

Letter	Word	Pronunciation
A	Alpha/Alfa	Template:IPA
B	Bravo	Template:IPA
C	Constellation	Template:IPA
D	Delta	Template:IPA
E	Echo	Template:IPA
G	Gamma	Template:IPA
N	Nebula	Template:IPA
S	Sierra	Template:IPA
T	Tango	Template:IPA
X	X-ray	Template:IPA

Notes

• "Wilco" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.
• While the Colonial wireless alphabet borrows from the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are exceptions because they have Earth-specific references and are unlikely to be known to the Colonials. Examples: India and Quebec (Earth locations), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespearean characters), and Yankee and Zulu (regional and ethnic groups of Earth).
• The Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game includes a complete listing of the wireless alphabet, though the full list has not been verified as canon. The additions supplied by the game are as follows (direct analogues to the NATO phonetic alphabet marked with an asterisk):

Letter	Word
F	Foxtrot*
H	Hotel*
I	Icon
J	Juno
K	Kilo*
L	Logo
M	Meteor
O	Oscar*
P	Papa*
Q	Quasar
R	Rho
U	Uniform*
V	Victor*
W	Whiskey*
Y	Yellow
Z	Zephyr