JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.0.0.min.js"></script>
<ul id="WoodList">
    <li>Banana</li>
    <li>Catv</li>
    <li>Apple</li>
    <li>Orange</li>
    <li>Car</li>
    <li>Pear</li>
    <li>Banana</li>
    <li>Cat2</li>
    <li>Apple4</li>
    <li>Banana1</li>
    <li>Cat</li>
    <li>Apples</li>
    <li>Banana</li>
    <li>Cat</li>
    </ul>

JavaScript

var activeLanguage = "de"

function sortUL(selector) {
var $ul = $(selector);
$ul.find('li').sort(function (a, b) {
    var upA = $(a).text().toUpperCase();
    var upB = $(b).text().toUpperCase();
    return (upA < upB) ? -1 : (upA > upB) ? 1 : 0;
}).appendTo(selector);
};

$(document).ready(function () {
sortUL("#WoodList");
});