"Ordering of words follows simply from ordering on the letters in the alphabet" - nope, Spanish "ll" is not in the alphabet and is sorted like a single special letter.
"It's always lexicographical left to right or at least lexicographical in a single, consistent direction?" - nope, accents in French (è,é) are compared right-to-left.
"Ordering of words follows simply from ordering on the letters in the alphabet" - nope, Spanish "ll" is not in the alphabet and is sorted like a single special letter.
"It's always lexicographical left to right or at least lexicographical in a single, consistent direction?" - nope, accents in French (è,é) are compared right-to-left.