Re: CA: Hebrew and Arabic sort orders

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From: Keld J|rn Simonsen
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 14:52

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Stanislav Fritz <stanf@microsoft.com> wrote:

> There seems to be some debate on the proper sorting order of both the
> Hebrew and Arabic alphabets.  Many feel the existing Unicode table is
> inaccurate and incomplete.
>
> Is there any Arabic and Hebrew Linguists out there? I need the proper
> sort order and rules for both languages.  This needs to include
> diacritics, etc.
>
> Is there any contextual rules I need to be aware of? (eg the letter has
> more or less weight than normal depending if it is by itself or
> something like that)

There are specifications of Hebrew and Arabic sorting in POSIX
localedef format available in locales at dkuug.dk:i18n/locales

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From: keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
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Subject: Re: CA: Hebrew and Arabic sort orders
Date: 6 Jan 1994 15:52:30 +0100
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