Sub-Chapter Numberings in Japanese

[Monox D. I-Fly]

Hi, sorry for asking a silly question. In English we list sub-chapters in a book with the capital letters A, B, C, and so on. In any Arabic lesson books I knew, they are replaced with the letter "alif", "ba'", and "jim" (actually, the third letter is "ta'", but "jim" sounds closer to "ch"). So, what I am asking is, do the Japanese books use "a", "ba", "ta" (closer to c sound), or "a", "i", "u", or "a", "ka", "sa"?

[Samer]

In any Arabic lesson books I knew, they are replaced with the letter "alif", "ba'", and "jim" (actually, the third letter is "ta'", but "jim" sounds closer to "ch").

Hello, Salam!

Unfortunately I am unable to answer your question, because I haven't read any Japanese books yet, but I wanted to explain something about using "alif", "ba'", "jim", "dal" and so on in Arabic.
This is because Arabic has two systems of ordering letters. One is the "alif", "ba'", "ta'" and that is known as الترتيب الهجائي.
The other goes:
أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ. This is called الترتيب الأبجدي. So it has nothing to do with "jim" sounding closer to "ch".

Good luck!

[Monox D. I-Fly]

The other goes:
أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ. This is called الترتيب الأبجدي. So it has nothing to do with "jim" sounding closer to "ch".

Good luck!

Salam, too!
Wow, I didn't know that. I know the books use "dal" as the fourth sub-chapter (which I thought was because it is the Arabic equivalent of D) and "ha'" as the fifth sub-chapter (which I thought because its shape is similar to the number 5 in Arabic), but I didn't know that it wasn't actually the case. So, would you mean giving me an order list of this system?

[Speakeasy]

... In English we list sub-chapters in a book with the capital letters A, B, C, and so on ...

I merely wish to point out that actual practice in English publications varies considerably. There are hundreds of books on "elements of style" that treat the question of "vertical lists" and many of them contradict one another. In addition, publishers, professional orders, academic organisations, governments at just about every level, the military, as well as numerous other institutions, often issue their own, particular directives on the matter. In my experience, I would say that "anything goes" as long as the process is internally consistent and clear to the reader.

[Aozora]

As far as I've seen, in Japanese they use 1, 2, 3 etc and ア イ ウ エ オ for sub-sections in non-fiction. There's no way Japanese would use a, ba, ta. If they use A, B, C, the pronunciation would be エー　ビー　シー to mimic the English pronunciation.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

As far as I've seen, in Japanese they use 1, 2, 3 etc and ア イ ウ エ オ for sub-sections in non-fiction. There's no way Japanese would use a, ba, ta. If they use A, B, C, the pronunciation would be エー　ビー　シー to mimic the English pronunciation.

Arigatou gozaimasu. After the letter "o", do they use "ka"?

[Aozora]

As far as I've seen, in Japanese they use 1, 2, 3 etc and ア イ ウ エ オ for sub-sections in non-fiction. There's no way Japanese would use a, ba, ta. If they use A, B, C, the pronunciation would be エー　ビー　シー to mimic the English pronunciation.

Arigatou gozaimasu. After the letter "o", do they use "ka"?

I think so, but I'm not completely sure there.

[Samer]

The other goes:
أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ. This is called الترتيب الأبجدي. So it has nothing to do with "jim" sounding closer to "ch".

Good luck!

Salam, too!
Wow, I didn't know that. I know the books use "dal" as the fourth sub-chapter (which I thought was because it is the Arabic equivalent of D) and "ha'" as the fifth sub-chapter (which I thought because its shape is similar to the number 5 in Arabic), but I didn't know that it wasn't actually the case. So, would you mean giving me an order list of this system?

Sure. It is usually grouped in words as I mentioned earlier, but as individual letters it goes (from right to left):
أ - ب - ج - د - هـ - و - ز - ح - ط - ي - ك - ل - م - ن - س - ع - ف - ص - ق - ر - ش - ت - ث - خ - ذ - ض - ظ - غ.

BTW, vitamins are often named in Arabic according to this order, which gives us فيتامين هـ as the equivalent to Vitamin E.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

The other goes:
أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ. This is called الترتيب الأبجدي. So it has nothing to do with "jim" sounding closer to "ch".

Good luck!

Salam, too!
Wow, I didn't know that. I know the books use "dal" as the fourth sub-chapter (which I thought was because it is the Arabic equivalent of D) and "ha'" as the fifth sub-chapter (which I thought because its shape is similar to the number 5 in Arabic), but I didn't know that it wasn't actually the case. So, would you mean giving me an order list of this system?

Sure. It is usually grouped in words as I mentioned earlier, but as individual letters it goes (from right to left):
أ - ب - ج - د - هـ - و - ز - ح - ط - ي - ك - ل - م - ن - س - ع - ف - ص - ق - ر - ش - ت - ث - خ - ذ - ض - ظ - غ.

BTW, vitamins are often named in Arabic according to this order, which gives us فيتامين هـ as the equivalent to Vitamin E.

Thank you, though seeing that list actually makes me go back to my initial opinion that the order is partially influenced by the Latin alphabet. I mean, look at the K-L-M-N and Q-R-S-T letters in the exact same order.

[vonPeterhof]

Thank you, though seeing that list actually makes me go back to my initial opinion that the order is partially influenced by the Latin alphabet. I mean, look at the K-L-M-N and Q-R-S-T letters in the exact same order.

The similarities in the orders aren't due to the Latin alphabet having influenced the Arabic one (or vice versa), but due to them both having descended from the Phoenician alphabet.