diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index d7b5cb64e55..bbabf91a3a1 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -739,7 +739,12 @@ func (s *SiteInfo) Sites() page.Sites {
 }
 
 // Current returns the currently rendered Site.
+// If that isn't set yet, which is the situation before we start rendering,
+// if will return the Site itself.
 func (s *SiteInfo) Current() page.Site {
+	if s.s.h.currentSite == nil {
+		return s
+	}
 	return s.s.h.currentSite.Info
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/taxonomy.go b/hugolib/taxonomy.go
index e3f03310927..6b3c2b961eb 100644
--- a/hugolib/taxonomy.go
+++ b/hugolib/taxonomy.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/compare"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/page"
 )
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ type Taxonomy map[string]page.WeightedPages
 // Important because you can't order a map.
 type OrderedTaxonomy []OrderedTaxonomyEntry
 
+// getOneOPage returns one page in the taxonomy,
+// nil if there is none.
+func (t OrderedTaxonomy) getOneOPage() page.Page {
+	if len(t) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return t[0].Pages()[0]
+}
+
 // OrderedTaxonomyEntry is similar to an element of a Taxonomy, but with the key embedded (as name)
 // e.g:  {Name: Technology, page.WeightedPages: TaxonomyPages}
 type OrderedTaxonomyEntry struct {
@@ -72,11 +82,18 @@ func (i Taxonomy) TaxonomyArray() OrderedTaxonomy {
 
 // Alphabetical returns an ordered taxonomy sorted by key name.
 func (i Taxonomy) Alphabetical() OrderedTaxonomy {
+	ia := i.TaxonomyArray()
+	p := ia.getOneOPage()
+	if p == nil {
+		return ia
+	}
+	currentSite := p.Site().Current()
+	coll := langs.GetCollator(currentSite.Language())
+	coll.Lock()
+	defer coll.Unlock()
 	name := func(i1, i2 *OrderedTaxonomyEntry) bool {
-		return compare.LessStrings(i1.Name, i2.Name)
+		return coll.CompareStrings(i1.Name, i2.Name) < 0
 	}
-
-	ia := i.TaxonomyArray()
 	oiBy(name).Sort(ia)
 	return ia
 }
diff --git a/langs/language.go b/langs/language.go
index 0df2914a169..244f6a743e0 100644
--- a/langs/language.go
+++ b/langs/language.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/text/collate"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/htime"
@@ -80,8 +83,9 @@ type Language struct {
 	// TODO(bep) do the same for some of the others.
 	translator    locales.Translator
 	timeFormatter htime.TimeFormatter
-
-	location *time.Location
+	tag           language.Tag
+	collator      *Collator
+	location      *time.Location
 
 	// Error during initialization. Will fail the buld.
 	initErr error
@@ -111,6 +115,18 @@ func NewLanguage(lang string, cfg config.Provider) *Language {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var coll *Collator
+	tag, err := language.Parse(lang)
+	if err == nil {
+		coll = &Collator{
+			c: collate.New(tag),
+		}
+	} else {
+		coll = &Collator{
+			c: collate.New(language.English),
+		}
+	}
+
 	l := &Language{
 		Lang:       lang,
 		ContentDir: cfg.GetString("contentDir"),
@@ -119,6 +135,8 @@ func NewLanguage(lang string, cfg config.Provider) *Language {
 		params:        params,
 		translator:    translator,
 		timeFormatter: htime.NewTimeFormatter(translator),
+		tag:           tag,
+		collator:      coll,
 	}
 
 	if err := l.loadLocation(cfg.GetString("timeZone")); err != nil {
@@ -275,6 +293,10 @@ func GetLocation(l *Language) *time.Location {
 	return l.location
 }
 
+func GetCollator(l *Language) *Collator {
+	return l.collator
+}
+
 func (l *Language) loadLocation(tzStr string) error {
 	location, err := time.LoadLocation(tzStr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -284,3 +306,16 @@ func (l *Language) loadLocation(tzStr string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type Collator struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	c *collate.Collator
+}
+
+// CompareStrings compares a and b.
+// It returns -1 if a < b, 1 if a > b and 0 if a == b.
+// Note that the Collator is not thread safe, so you may want
+// to aquire a lock on it before calling this method.
+func (c *Collator) CompareStrings(a, b string) int {
+	return c.c.CompareString(a, b)
+}
diff --git a/langs/language_test.go b/langs/language_test.go
index e6ef9482422..264e813a00f 100644
--- a/langs/language_test.go
+++ b/langs/language_test.go
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 package langs
 
 import (
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"golang.org/x/text/collate"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 )
 
 func TestGetGlobalOnlySetting(t *testing.T) {
@@ -47,3 +50,59 @@ func TestLanguageParams(t *testing.T) {
 	c.Assert(lang.Params()["p1"], qt.Equals, "p1p")
 	c.Assert(lang.Get("p1"), qt.Equals, "p1cfg")
 }
+
+func TestCollator(t *testing.T) {
+
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	coll := &Collator{c: collate.New(language.English, collate.Loose)}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			coll.Lock()
+			defer coll.Unlock()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < 10; j++ {
+				k := coll.CompareStrings("abc", "def")
+				c.Assert(k, qt.Equals, -1)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCollator(b *testing.B) {
+	s := []string{"foo", "bar", "éntre", "baz", "qux", "quux", "corge", "grault", "garply", "waldo", "fred", "plugh", "xyzzy", "thud"}
+
+	doWork := func(coll *Collator) {
+		for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+			for j := i + 1; j < len(s); j++ {
+				_ = coll.CompareStrings(s[i], s[j])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	b.Run("Single", func(b *testing.B) {
+		coll := &Collator{c: collate.New(language.English, collate.Loose)}
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			doWork(coll)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("Para", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+			coll := &Collator{c: collate.New(language.English, collate.Loose)}
+
+			for pb.Next() {
+				coll.Lock()
+				doWork(coll)
+				coll.Unlock()
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/resources/page/integration_test.go b/resources/page/integration_test.go
index 285b1434296..9dc322b4a5e 100644
--- a/resources/page/integration_test.go
+++ b/resources/page/integration_test.go
@@ -70,3 +70,69 @@ date: "2020-02-01"
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/index.html", "0|February, 2020|Pages(1)1|January, 2020|Pages(1)")
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/fr/index.html", "0|février, 2020|Pages(1)1|janvier, 2020|Pages(1)")
 }
+
+func TestPagesSortCollation(t *testing.T) {
+
+	files := `
+-- config.toml --
+defaultContentLanguage = 'en'
+defaultContentLanguageInSubdir = true
+[languages]
+[languages.en]
+title = 'My blog'
+weight = 1
+[languages.fr]
+title = 'Mon blogue'
+weight = 2
+[languages.nn]
+title = 'Bloggen min'
+weight = 3
+-- content/p1.md --
+---
+title: "zulu"
+date: "2020-01-01"
+param1: "xylophone"
+tags: ["xylophone", "éclair", "zulu", "emma"]
+---
+-- content/p2.md --
+---
+title: "émotion"
+date: "2020-01-01"
+param1: "violin"
+---
+-- content/p3.md --
+---
+title: "alpha"
+date: "2020-01-01"
+param1: "éclair"
+---
+-- layouts/index.html --
+ByTitle: {{ range site.RegularPages.ByTitle }}{{ .Title }}|{{ end }}
+ByLinkTitle: {{ range site.RegularPages.ByLinkTitle }}{{ .Title }}|{{ end }}
+ByParam: {{ range site.RegularPages.ByParam "param1" }}{{ .Params.param1 }}|{{ end }}
+Tags Alphabetical: {{  range site.Taxonomies.tags.Alphabetical }}{{ .Term }}|{{ end }}
+GroupBy: {{ range site.RegularPages.GroupBy "Title" }}{{ .Key }}|{{ end }}
+{{ with (site.GetPage "p1").Params.tags }}
+Sort: {{  sort . }}
+ByWeight: {{ range site.RegularPages.ByWeight }}{{ .Title }}|{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
+
+	`
+
+	b := hugolib.NewIntegrationTestBuilder(
+		hugolib.IntegrationTestConfig{
+			T:           t,
+			TxtarString: files,
+			NeedsOsFS:   true,
+		}).Build()
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/index.html", `
+ByTitle: alpha|émotion|zulu|
+ByLinkTitle: alpha|émotion|zulu|
+ByParam: éclair|violin|xylophone
+Tags Alphabetical: éclair|emma|xylophone|zulu|
+GroupBy: alpha|émotion|zulu|
+Sort: [éclair emma xylophone zulu]
+ByWeight: alpha|émotion|zulu|
+`)
+}
diff --git a/resources/page/pagegroup.go b/resources/page/pagegroup.go
index 601af606ab4..1d982790763 100644
--- a/resources/page/pagegroup.go
+++ b/resources/page/pagegroup.go
@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@ type mapKeyByInt struct{ mapKeyValues }
 
 func (s mapKeyByInt) Less(i, j int) bool { return s.mapKeyValues[i].Int() < s.mapKeyValues[j].Int() }
 
-type mapKeyByStr struct{ mapKeyValues }
+type mapKeyByStr struct {
+	less func(a, b string) bool
+	mapKeyValues
+}
 
 func (s mapKeyByStr) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	return compare.LessStrings(s.mapKeyValues[i].String(), s.mapKeyValues[j].String())
+	return s.less(s.mapKeyValues[i].String(), s.mapKeyValues[j].String())
 }
 
-func sortKeys(v []reflect.Value, order string) []reflect.Value {
+func sortKeys(examplePage Page, v []reflect.Value, order string) []reflect.Value {
 	if len(v) <= 1 {
 		return v
 	}
@@ -72,10 +75,12 @@ func sortKeys(v []reflect.Value, order string) []reflect.Value {
 			sort.Sort(mapKeyByInt{v})
 		}
 	case reflect.String:
+		stringLess, close := collatorStringLess(examplePage)
+		defer close()
 		if order == "desc" {
-			sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(mapKeyByStr{v}))
+			sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(mapKeyByStr{stringLess, v}))
 		} else {
-			sort.Sort(mapKeyByStr{v})
+			sort.Sort(mapKeyByStr{stringLess, v})
 		}
 	}
 	return v
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ func (p Pages) GroupBy(key string, order ...string) (PagesGroup, error) {
 		tmp.SetMapIndex(fv, reflect.Append(tmp.MapIndex(fv), ppv))
 	}
 
-	sortedKeys := sortKeys(tmp.MapKeys(), direction)
+	sortedKeys := sortKeys(p[0], tmp.MapKeys(), direction)
 	r := make([]PageGroup, len(sortedKeys))
 	for i, k := range sortedKeys {
 		r[i] = PageGroup{Key: k.Interface(), Pages: tmp.MapIndex(k).Interface().(Pages)}
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ func (p Pages) GroupByParam(key string, order ...string) (PagesGroup, error) {
 	}
 
 	var r []PageGroup
-	for _, k := range sortKeys(tmp.MapKeys(), direction) {
+	for _, k := range sortKeys(p[0], tmp.MapKeys(), direction) {
 		r = append(r, PageGroup{Key: k.Interface(), Pages: tmp.MapIndex(k).Interface().(Pages)})
 	}
 
diff --git a/resources/page/pages_sort.go b/resources/page/pages_sort.go
index 02096daddf0..08cb34a3242 100644
--- a/resources/page/pages_sort.go
+++ b/resources/page/pages_sort.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/collections"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ var (
 		}
 		if p1.Weight() == p2.Weight() {
 			if p1.Date().Unix() == p2.Date().Unix() {
-				c := compare.Strings(p1.LinkTitle(), p2.LinkTitle())
+				c := collatorStringCompare(func(p Page) string { return p.LinkTitle() }, p1, p2)
 				if c == 0 {
 					if p1.File().IsZero() || p2.File().IsZero() {
 						return p1.File().IsZero()
@@ -121,11 +122,11 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	lessPageTitle = func(p1, p2 Page) bool {
-		return compare.LessStrings(p1.Title(), p2.Title())
+		return collatorStringCompare(func(p Page) string { return p.Title() }, p1, p2) < 0
 	}
 
 	lessPageLinkTitle = func(p1, p2 Page) bool {
-		return compare.LessStrings(p1.LinkTitle(), p2.LinkTitle())
+		return collatorStringCompare(func(p Page) string { return p.LinkTitle() }, p1, p2) < 0
 	}
 
 	lessPageDate = func(p1, p2 Page) bool {
@@ -151,6 +152,46 @@ func (p Pages) Limit(n int) Pages {
 	return p
 }
 
+var collatorStringSort = func(getString func(Page) string) func(p Pages) {
+	return func(p Pages) {
+		if len(p) == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+		// Pages may be a mix of multiple languages, so we need to use the language
+		// for the currently rendered Site.
+		currentSite := p[0].Site().Current()
+		coll := langs.GetCollator(currentSite.Language())
+		coll.Lock()
+		defer coll.Unlock()
+
+		sort.SliceStable(p, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return coll.CompareStrings(getString(p[i]), getString(p[j])) < 0
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+var collatorStringCompare = func(getString func(Page) string, p1, p2 Page) int {
+	currentSite := p1.Site().Current()
+	coll := langs.GetCollator(currentSite.Language())
+	coll.Lock()
+	c := coll.CompareStrings(getString(p1), getString(p2))
+	coll.Unlock()
+	return c
+}
+
+var collatorStringLess = func(p Page) (less func(s1, s2 string) bool, close func()) {
+	currentSite := p.Site().Current()
+	coll := langs.GetCollator(currentSite.Language())
+	coll.Lock()
+	return func(s1, s2 string) bool {
+			return coll.CompareStrings(s1, s2) < 1
+		},
+		func() {
+			coll.Unlock()
+		}
+
+}
+
 // ByWeight sorts the Pages by weight and returns a copy.
 //
 // Adjacent invocations on the same receiver will return a cached result.
@@ -175,7 +216,8 @@ func SortByDefault(pages Pages) {
 func (p Pages) ByTitle() Pages {
 	const key = "pageSort.ByTitle"
 
-	pages, _ := spc.get(key, pageBy(lessPageTitle).Sort, p)
+	pages, _ := spc.get(key, collatorStringSort(func(p Page) string { return p.Title() }), p)
+
 	return pages
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +229,7 @@ func (p Pages) ByTitle() Pages {
 func (p Pages) ByLinkTitle() Pages {
 	const key = "pageSort.ByLinkTitle"
 
-	pages, _ := spc.get(key, pageBy(lessPageLinkTitle).Sort, p)
+	pages, _ := spc.get(key, collatorStringSort(func(p Page) string { return p.LinkTitle() }), p)
 
 	return pages
 }
@@ -323,9 +365,15 @@ func (p Pages) Reverse() Pages {
 //
 // This may safely be executed  in parallel.
 func (p Pages) ByParam(paramsKey any) Pages {
+	if len(p) < 2 {
+		return p
+	}
 	paramsKeyStr := cast.ToString(paramsKey)
 	key := "pageSort.ByParam." + paramsKeyStr
 
+	stringLess, close := collatorStringLess(p[0])
+	defer close()
+
 	paramsKeyComparator := func(p1, p2 Page) bool {
 		v1, _ := p1.Param(paramsKeyStr)
 		v2, _ := p2.Param(paramsKeyStr)
@@ -354,7 +402,8 @@ func (p Pages) ByParam(paramsKey any) Pages {
 		s1 := cast.ToString(v1)
 		s2 := cast.ToString(v2)
 
-		return compare.LessStrings(s1, s2)
+		return stringLess(s1, s2)
+
 	}
 
 	pages, _ := spc.get(key, pageBy(paramsKeyComparator).Sort, p)
diff --git a/tpl/collections/collections_test.go b/tpl/collections/collections_test.go
index 8fc43318d02..bcc2855c76a 100644
--- a/tpl/collections/collections_test.go
+++ b/tpl/collections/collections_test.go
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ func TestDelimit(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	c := qt.New(t)
 
-	ns := New(&deps.Deps{})
+	ns := New(&deps.Deps{
+		Language: langs.NewDefaultLanguage(config.New()),
+	})
 
 	for i, test := range []struct {
 		seq       any
diff --git a/tpl/collections/sort.go b/tpl/collections/sort.go
index 305399eb8a8..ce7f27771c4 100644
--- a/tpl/collections/sort.go
+++ b/tpl/collections/sort.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/compare"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
@@ -47,8 +48,10 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Sort(seq any, args ...any) (any, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("can't sort " + reflect.ValueOf(seq).Type().String())
 	}
 
+	collator := langs.GetCollator(ns.deps.Language)
+
 	// Create a list of pairs that will be used to do the sort
-	p := pairList{SortAsc: true, SliceType: sliceType}
+	p := pairList{Collator: collator, SortAsc: true, SliceType: sliceType}
 	p.Pairs = make([]pair, seqv.Len())
 
 	var sortByField string
@@ -124,6 +127,10 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Sort(seq any, args ...any) (any, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	collator.Lock()
+	defer collator.Unlock()
+
 	return p.sort(), nil
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +144,7 @@ type pair struct {
 
 // A slice of pairs that implements sort.Interface to sort by Value.
 type pairList struct {
+	Collator  *langs.Collator
 	Pairs     []pair
 	SortAsc   bool
 	SliceType reflect.Type
@@ -151,16 +159,16 @@ func (p pairList) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	if iv.IsValid() {
 		if jv.IsValid() {
 			// can only call Interface() on valid reflect Values
-			return sortComp.Lt(iv.Interface(), jv.Interface())
+			return sortComp.LtCollate(p.Collator, iv.Interface(), jv.Interface())
 		}
 
 		// if j is invalid, test i against i's zero value
-		return sortComp.Lt(iv.Interface(), reflect.Zero(iv.Type()))
+		return sortComp.LtCollate(p.Collator, iv.Interface(), reflect.Zero(iv.Type()))
 	}
 
 	if jv.IsValid() {
 		// if i is invalid, test j against j's zero value
-		return sortComp.Lt(reflect.Zero(jv.Type()), jv.Interface())
+		return sortComp.LtCollate(p.Collator, reflect.Zero(jv.Type()), jv.Interface())
 	}
 
 	return false
diff --git a/tpl/collections/sort_test.go b/tpl/collections/sort_test.go
index 6981188643b..a4adccf516b 100644
--- a/tpl/collections/sort_test.go
+++ b/tpl/collections/sort_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
 )
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ type stringsSlice []string
 func TestSort(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	ns := New(&deps.Deps{})
+	ns := New(&deps.Deps{
+		Language: langs.NewDefaultLanguage(config.New()),
+	})
 
 	type ts struct {
 		MyInt    int
diff --git a/tpl/compare/compare.go b/tpl/compare/compare.go
index 21b9c5bcdfe..3e9730dadba 100644
--- a/tpl/compare/compare.go
+++ b/tpl/compare/compare.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/compare"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 )
@@ -188,10 +189,11 @@ func (n *Namespace) Le(first any, others ...any) bool {
 }
 
 // Lt returns the boolean truth of arg1 < arg2 && arg1 < arg3 && arg1 < arg4.
-func (n *Namespace) Lt(first any, others ...any) bool {
+// The provided collator will be used for string comparisons.
+func (n *Namespace) LtCollate(collator *langs.Collator, first any, others ...any) bool {
 	n.checkComparisonArgCount(1, others...)
 	for _, other := range others {
-		left, right := n.compareGet(first, other)
+		left, right := n.compareGetWithCollator(collator, first, other)
 		if !(left < right) {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -199,6 +201,11 @@ func (n *Namespace) Lt(first any, others ...any) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Lt returns the boolean truth of arg1 < arg2 && arg1 < arg3 && arg1 < arg4.
+func (n *Namespace) Lt(first any, others ...any) bool {
+	return n.LtCollate(nil, first, others...)
+}
+
 func (n *Namespace) checkComparisonArgCount(min int, others ...any) bool {
 	if len(others) < min {
 		panic("missing arguments for comparison")
@@ -216,6 +223,10 @@ func (n *Namespace) Conditional(condition bool, a, b any) any {
 }
 
 func (ns *Namespace) compareGet(a any, b any) (float64, float64) {
+	return ns.compareGetWithCollator(nil, a, b)
+}
+
+func (ns *Namespace) compareGetWithCollator(collator *langs.Collator, a any, b any) (float64, float64) {
 	if ac, ok := a.(compare.Comparer); ok {
 		c := ac.Compare(b)
 		if c < 0 {
@@ -296,8 +307,13 @@ func (ns *Namespace) compareGet(a any, b any) (float64, float64) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ns.caseInsensitive && leftStr != nil && rightStr != nil {
-		c := compare.Strings(*leftStr, *rightStr)
+	if (ns.caseInsensitive || collator != nil) && leftStr != nil && rightStr != nil {
+		var c int
+		if collator != nil {
+			c = collator.CompareStrings(*leftStr, *rightStr)
+		} else {
+			c = compare.Strings(*leftStr, *rightStr)
+		}
 		if c < 0 {
 			return 0, 1
 		} else if c > 0 {