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Comment by thaumasiotes

> The Chinese languages don't seem to be in stroke order (no expert here)

They are for me. In the Asia section, 中文 ["Chinese"] is listed first, followed by 吴语 ["Wu"] and then 粤语 ["Cantonese"]. Stroke order is first by stroke count and then by an obscure criterion that I don't know (and that, in my experience, Chinese people living in China also don't know), but stroke count is unambiguous and these are in order: 中 4, 吴 7, 粤 12.

Note that they aren't in alphabetical order: 中 Z, 吴 W, 粤 Y.

Japanese appears between Wu and Cantonese for unclear reasons.

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