RE: [OT] o-circumflex

[Marco Cimarosti]

Carl W. Brown wrote:
> In Arabic do you include vowels or not?

Yes, and also consonants sometimes...

Traditional Arabic dictionary sorting uses the three-letter root ("radical")
of a word as the primary key.  So, "madrasa" (school) would be under "d"
(because its radical is "d-r-s" = to learn), ignoring the "ma-" prefix.

I doubt, however, that this system is used with automatic sort orders
generated by computers.

_ Marco