Hi, Gevorg, On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Gevorg Voskanyan <v_gevorg@yahoo.com> wrote:
OK, that tells case conversions and normalization don't apply to Japanese. But what about collation? Isn't there any "dictionary order" defined for Japanese words? Just curious.
"Dictionary order" depends on what kind of information in the dictionary. For example, we use complex sorting algorithm for 'Kanji' letter dictionary. However, for language dictionary (Japanese-Japanese dictionary), we use pronunciation order. But this is impossible to decide by program since each 'Kanji' letter have usually 3-4 (sometimes more) completely different pronunciation only to be decided by the context in principle. Just FYI. Best regards, -- Ryo IGARASHI, Ph.D. rigarash@gmail.com