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What is a phonetic alphabet?

What is a phonetic alphabet? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A writing system used for transcribing the sounds of human speech into writing.
  2. A list of standard words used instead of letter names to spell words.
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Civilization began with the invention of the phonetic alphabet and the use of writing.
Pinyin's phonetic alphabet enabled learners to match words easily to actual speech.
The second half of Over contains 26 poems taking their titles from the international phonetic alphabet.
In 1941 the Government of Mongolia adopted a phonetic alphabet derived from a modified Cyrillic script.
Media that stress this type of vision, like the phonetic alphabet or print, alter our way of perceiving the world by stressing linearity.
First there was the invention of the phonetic alphabet, which drove us into the left hemisphere of our brain.

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