----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Marius Garshol" <[email protected]>
To: "Unicoders" <[email protected]>
Sent: den 21 januari 2002 15:16
Subject: Re: Norwegian sorting
> I doubt that there is an official standard for this, but I would
> expect to find � sorted with Y, given that Norwegian Y is pronounced
> just like Swedish/German/Dutch �. Many reference works sort V and W
> together, for example, according to the same principle.
Swedish: "�" only used in German loan words.
German: "�" pronunciated as a Swedish "y."
Dutch: "�" pronunciated completely different.
In Swedish we sort the German "�" as "y," and the Dutch "�" as "u."
> | b) Can someone offers some example words that demonstrate words with
> | u-umlaut sorting appropriately?
>
> I can't think of a Scandinavian word with "�" in it, actually. You'd
> have to look at an encyclopedia or atlas to find appropriate examples.
The only Swedish word containing "�" that I can think of, is "m�sli," which
is a German loan word. The "�" is sorted as "y" in all dictionnaries. The
"�" is also pronunciated as "y."
Stefan
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