Carl W. Brown wrote:
> In Arabic do you include vowels or not?
Yes, and also consonants sometimes...
Traditional Arabic dictionary sorting uses the three-letter root ("radical")
of a word as the primary key. So, "madrasa" (school) would be under "d"
(because its radical is "d-r-s" = to learn), ignoring the "ma-" prefix.
I doubt, however, that this system is used with automatic sort orders
generated by computers.
_ Marco
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