We concluded that we need a different alphabetical order for the community dictionary vs. the linguists' dictionary.

The community dictionary should indeed follow the order in the 2006 language program dictionary - that is:

a aa ə əə č c cʼ h ḥ ḥʷ i ii k kʼ kʷ kʼʷ l lʼ ll llʼ ɬ ƛʼ m mʼ n nʼ p pʼ q qʼ qʷ qʼʷ r rʼ š s t tʼ u uu w wʼ x xʷ x̌ x̌ʷ y yʼ ʕ ʕʼ ʕʷ ʕʼʷ ʔ

The linguists' dictionary should follow the order in MDK's 1981 dictionary:

ʔ a ạ c c̣ cʼ ə ə̣ h ḥ ḥʷ i ị k kʼ kʷ kʼʷ l ḷ lˀ ḷˀ ɬ ƛʼ m mˀ n nˀ p pʼ q qʼ qʷ qʼʷ r rˀ s ṣ t tʼ u ụ w wˀ x xʷ x̣ x̣ʷ y yˀ ʕ ʕˀ ʕʷ ʕˀʷ