I wonder . . .
Feb. 7th, 2001 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arishaOkay, this may seem like a really stupid question, but . . . I wonder if they have dictionaries in countries where there's no alphabet?
Like Cantonese, I guess. Where they use calligraphy (for lack of knowing what to call it :P ), and don't really have an alphabet . . . I mean, if they do have dictionaries, which I don't doubt in itself, how do they arrange the words? Do they follow the Roman alphabet, using the sounds of the words? Or do they put them in categories? Or just throw them in randomly?
Gah . . . >_< I'm in a language mood again.
Like Cantonese, I guess. Where they use calligraphy (for lack of knowing what to call it :P ), and don't really have an alphabet . . . I mean, if they do have dictionaries, which I don't doubt in itself, how do they arrange the words? Do they follow the Roman alphabet, using the sounds of the words? Or do they put them in categories? Or just throw them in randomly?
Gah . . . >_< I'm in a language mood again.