Talk:ĥaraktero

RFV discussion: July–November 2018

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ĥaraktero

Only 46 hits on Google. Robin van der Vliet (talk) (contribs) 17:12, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

It's rare, but it exists. I've added three quotations. It's probably dated or archaic. —Granger (talk · contribs) 00:15, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

It surprises me that it is even a word used by Zamenhof. I thought it was a modern neologism, because the Fundamento only has "karaktero". Robin van der Vliet (talk) (contribs) 23:22, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

There are some early Esperanto words with ĥ that were later replaced by similar words, often with k, leaving the old terms like monarĥo and ĥina dated or archaic. I think this is because some speakers find it difficult to distinguish the sound from h. More information is at w:eo:Ĥ. —Granger (talk · contribs) 00:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

I know that that is a tendency in modern Esperanto, but this word is special, because Zamenhof himself replaced it very early on by "karaktero" in the Fundamento. Robin van der Vliet (talk) (contribs) 21:47, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Regardless, it passed the RFV, right? פֿינצטערניש (talk) 15:44, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

• RFV passed. —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:36, 9 November 2018 (UTC)