Sorting ASCII phrases works fine:
Sort[{"albatrob", "abo", "dict", "star", "mangel", "m"}]
(*{"abo", "albatrob", "dict", "m", "mangel", "star"}*)
But unless I'm misunderstanding something (which seems likely), sorting Unicode words doesn't work as I'd expect:
Sort[{"ɝ", "ʃ", "ɝˈs"}]
(*{"ɝ", "ʃ", "ɝˈs"}*)
How does one sort Unicode words?