20. An apparatus for determining a set of rules for ordering text of a language, said apparatus comprising: means for receiving information that indicates a target order of sets of characters in text of a language; means for determining strengths of differences between the characters based on the target order; means for identifying strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a shorter string of characters; means for identifying strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a longer string of characters; and means for determining a set of rules for ordering text of the language based on the strengths of differences between the characters, the identified strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a shorter string, and the identified strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a longer string, wherein the target order is a sequential ordering among the sets of characters in the text of the language.
20. An apparatus for determining a set of rules for ordering text of a language, said apparatus comprising: means for receiving information that indicates a target order of sets of characters in text of a language; means for determining strengths of differences between the characters based on the target order; means for identifying strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a shorter string of characters; means for identifying strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a longer string of characters; and means for determining a set of rules for ordering text of the language based on the strengths of differences between the characters, the identified strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a shorter string, and the identified strings of characters that were sorted in the target order as a longer string, wherein the target order is a sequential ordering among the sets of characters in the text of the language. 21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the received information that indicates a target order is text of a language source which is sorted according to a set of rules for that language source.