RFE Phonetic Alphabet

The RFE Phonetic Alphabet, named for a journal of philology, the Revista de Filología Española (RFE), is a phonetic alphabet originally developed in 1915 for the languages and dialects of Iberian origin, primarily Spanish. The alphabet was proposed by Tomás Navarro Tomás and adopted by the Centro de Estudios Históricos in Madrid for the RFE and by the Instituto de Filología de Buenos Aires. It is used solely in works based on Hispanic themes, such as the Atlas Lingüístico de la Península Ibérica (ALPI), as well as phonetics manuals. Additionally, this phonetic alphabet is taught at the universities of Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico.