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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The vowels seem to be roughly in order of their position in the mouth, back to front. But vowels were added after the order of the consonants was already established by the Phoenicians.
Useful charts has a great video on the history of the alphabet.
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