who/how alphabetized the alphabet for the English language? Is it random or is there some sort of guiding principle I’m unaware of? Bonus points if there’s actually a ‘better’ alphabetical order out there?
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In Devanagari(used by Sanskrit & Hindi) and many Indian languages, letters are arranged by source of sound in the mouth or tongue postion during enunciation, from back to the front. It is a very well constructed system, clear, logical and intuitive.
Here’s the logic behind the order of sounds:
Most Indian languages like bengali, odia, kannada, marathi, tamil, telugu and others use the same system as Devanagari, even though the letters look different, they are the same sounds.
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