\subsection{A general sorting order for Western European languages}

\subsubsection{Alphabet}
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\begin{alphabet}
a\,A & á\,Á & à\,À & ă\,Ă & â\,Â & ã\,Ã & å\,Å & ä\,Ä & ą\,Ą\\
b\,B\\
c\,C & č\,Č & ć\,Ć & ĉ\,Ĉ & ç\,Ç\\
d\,D & ď\,Ď & đ\,Đ\\
e\,E & ě\,Ě & é\,É & è\,È & ê\,Ê & ë\,Ë & ę\,Ę\\
f\,F\\
g\,G & ĝ\,Ĝ & ğ\,Ğ\\
h\,H & ĥ\,Ĥ\\
i\,I & ı & \,İ & í\,Í & ì\,Ì & î\,Î & ï\,Ï\\
j\,J & ĵ\,Ĵ\\
k\,K\\
l\,L & ľ\,Ľ & ł\,Ł\\
m\,M\\
n\,N & ň\,Ň & ń\,Ń & ñ\,Ñ\\
o\,O & ó\,Ó & ò\,Ò & ô\,Ô & õ\,Õ & ö\,Ö & ő\,Ő & ø\,Ø\\
p\,P\\
q\,Q\\
r\,R & ř\,Ř & ŕ\,Ŕ\\
s\,S & š\,Š & ś\,Ś & ŝ\,Ŝ & ș\,Ș & ş\,Ş\\
t\,T & ť\,Ť & ț\,Ț\\
u\,U & ú\,Ú & ù\,Ù & ŭ\,Ŭ & û\,Û & ů\,Ů & ü\,Ü & ű\,Ű\\
v\,V\\
w\,W\\
x\,X\\
y\,Y & ý\,Ý & ÿ\,Ÿ\\
z\,Z & ž\,Ž & ź\,Ź & ż\,Ż
\end{alphabet}
\idef\fdef

\subsubsection{Ligatures}
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`ß' is sorted like `s\,s', but \emph{after} it in otherwise equal words.\\
`æ' is sorted like `a\,e', but \emph{after} it in otherwise equal words.\\
`Æ' is sorted like `A\,e', but \emph{after} it in otherwise equal words.\\
`œ' is sorted like `o\,e', but \emph{after} it in otherwise equal words.\\
`Œ' is sorted like `O\,e', but \emph{after} it in otherwise equal words.
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\subsubsection{Upper-/lowercase words}
Capitalized or uppercase words are sorted \emph{before} otherwise equal lowercase words.

\subsubsection{Special characters}
The order of special characters and letters is:
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?\hspace{4mm}!\hspace{4mm}.\hspace{4mm}letters\hspace{4mm}-\hspace{4mm}'
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