----- Original Message -----
From: "James Campbell" <james@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:11 AM
Subject: Dictionaries and modified Latin sort orders
> Roger Mills eskrë »
>
> > Conlang: Mills, Añakrangota Sende Kash [Kash] (2001): otrosho -
(n)
> > ceramic ware; (adj) ceramic [subject to change as new words are
> discovered]
> > Follows own order: Consonants (velar, palatal, dental, labial),
Vowels (a
> i
> > e u o)--initial sounds only; internal sounds by English order. I
haven't
> > yet figured out how to make the computer sort the whole 2000-plus
lexicon
> by
> > Kash order.
>
> I have a similar problem, because Jameld has an extra letter, a ts
ligature,
> which is sorted between S and T. In my database, I have one column
with the
> Jameld word as it should be printed, and one with a 'sort order'
value,
> which for most words is the same as the first column, but if an Auts
(ts
> ligature) is present, it is replaced with 'sz'. If I sort by that
field, the
> dictionary prints out in the correct Jameld order.
>
> Could I suggest a similar solution for Kash? If you have a separate
column
> for the 'sort order' value, you could copy the Kash word into it and
then
> replace the first letter with a 2-digit numeric value, e.g.:
Maltese also suffers from a lack of proper alphabet sort-order support.
What database program do you use? I know Shoebox has excellent support
for odd sort orders, but Access is sadly lacking in this department
afaik.
Tech support on posible solutions is welcome.
--
Fabian
ghajn f'wicc kahal ra ghajn f'wicc hamar
dak l-ghajn jisbah dan l-ghajn
qal l-ghajn l-ewwel
imma baxx, mhux gholi