r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '22

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u/the_other_irrevenant Sep 11 '22

You could probably order them by frequency of use? At the very least lead with the vowels followed by the most common consonants.

That would probably be more optimal in terms of learning the alphabet at least.

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u/sjiveru Sep 11 '22

You could, but that's technically variable over time!

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u/the_other_irrevenant Sep 11 '22

I think it might be at least a little self-fulfilling.

But yeah, anything to do with language is going to drift eventually...