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The International Code of Signals is a system of signals and codes
designed to communicate important safety and navigational messages
when speaking is difficult (because of language barriers, distance,
etc). A standardized alphabet was created (see below image), along
with a spoken word form for each one, designed to set apart
similar-sounding letters like B, V and D. Each letter/numeral was
assigned a flag:

a complete list of the flags that represent each letter of the
phonetic alphabet, each word has a pronounciation guide

Phonetic Alphabet. Alfa : Al fah, Bravo : Brah voh, Charlie : Char
Lee, Delta : Dell tah, Echo : Eck oh, Foxtrot : Foks trot, Golf,
Hotel : Hoh tel, India : In dee ah, Juliet : Jee lee ett, Kilo : Key
loh, Lima : Lee mah, Mike, November : Novem ber, Oscar : Oss cah,
Papa: Pah pah, Quebec : Keh Beck, Romeo : Row me oh, Sierra : See air
rah, Tango : Tan go, Uniform : Oo nee form, Victor : Vik tah, Whiskey
: Wiss key, X-ray : Ecks ray, Yankee : Yang kee, Zulu : Zoo loo, 1st
substitute, 2nd substitute, 3rd substitute, Answering penant or
decimal point, 1 : Unaone : Oo nah wun, 2 : Bissotwo : Bee soh too, 3
: Terratree : Tay rah tree, 4 : Kartefour : Kar tay fower, 5 :
Pantafive : Pan tah five, 6 : Soxisix : Sok see six, 7 : Setteseven :
Say tay seven, 8 : Oktoeight : Ok toh ait, 9 : Novenine : No vay
niner, 0 : Nadazero : Nah dah zay roh

instructions on the different ways to use signal flags

To save time when signaling, each flag has an assigned meaning to
communicate very urgent or common messages. When used alone, the
Oscar flag means "man overboard." When paired in twos, flags take on
more specific meanings. For example, the Uniform and Whiskey flags
used together in that order mean "I wish you a pleasant voyage."
Numerals appended to two flags permit for more detailed messages, for
example: The Quebec flag paired with the Romeo flags and the 1 number
flag means "Can I come alongside?" Three letter signals that begin
with Mike are reserved to communicate medical emergencies, for
example: Mike followed by Alpha and then by a 2nd substitute flag is
code for "I request urgent medical advice."

instructions on how to use substitute flags

The title reads: Substitutes. To avoid having to carry multiple flags
of the same signal, the ICS(international code of signals) uses 3
substitute flags. A substitute flag repeats the one at the indicated
position. A drawing shows 3 flags for the 3 substitute flags. An
example shows how to signal DD, which is to fly the flag signal Delta
followed by the 1st substitute flag. DD means: "boats are not allowed
to come alongside."

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When in distress, signal using the N and C flags. Another visual way
to communicate distress, say one is lacking signal flags, is to have
a square flag above/below a ball shape (anything resembling a ball).
This is known as a day shape.

Day Shapes
instructions on how to spell using flags

Single letter flags, like Kilo, are used to spell out words. An
example shows how to spell the boat named Pino, using the following
flags: Papa, India, November and Oscar. A title reads "Spelling",
followed by: To begin spelling, hoist the Yankee and Zulu flags,
which means, "The words which follow are in plain language." An
example spells out the name Nastya using the following flags:
November, Alpha, Sierra, Tango, Yankee and the 2nd substitute flag.

an example on how the ICS signals are used to communicate with others
who do not speak the same language as you

One practical use of the International Code of Signals(ICS) is that
all of the messages are standardized and come in 9 languages:
English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian,
Russian and Greek. The signal flag Victor was assigned "I require
assistance" as a coded meaning. Under this, is illustration featuring
a conversation betweeo a spectacled guillemot and a herring gull. The
spectacled guillemot speaks Japanese, while the herring gull speaks
Russian. The guillemot is yelling "Tasukete!" but the herring gull
does not understand. The guillemot then yells out the coded meaning
for Victor, "bikuta! bikuta(Bikutaa! Bikutaa!)" The herring gull
understood this, and says Ia ponimaiu (Ya ponimayu, to mean "I
understand").

International Code of Signals PDF
instructions on how to communicate with signal flags

The title reads, How to communicate with another vessel using flags.
One: A murrelet raises a Kilo flag to mean "I wish to communicate
with you." Two: The herring gull raises an answering pennant to mean
that the signal was understood. Three: The murrelet raises a Romeo
flag followed by a Foxtrot flag, to mean "Will you lead me to a safe
anchorage?" Four: The herring gull raises an answering pennant to
mean that the signal was understood. Five: The herring gull raises a
Charlie flag to mean "Affirmative." Six: The murrelet raises an
answering pennant to mean that the signalling is now over. Seven: The
herring gull raises an answering pennant to mean that the signal was
understood.

instructions on how to communicate with signal flags that a signal
was not understood

If the message is not understood, keep the answering pennant up. A
drawing shows two birds on separate boats, the herring gull did not
understand the murrelet's message and has kept the answering pennant
up. Another way to signal that the message was not understood is to
fly the Zulu and Lima flags, to mean "your signal has been received
but not understood."

a rabbit waving a pair of oscar hand flags to initiate a conversation
with another sailor by semaphore flags

A rabbit waving a pair of oscar hand flags to initiate a conversation
with another sailor by semaphore flags.

Hand flag semaphore
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