Some examples of how other languages refer to a black person in a neutral and in a pejorative way:
* Dutch: neger is neutral, zwartje (little black one) can be amicably or offensively used, nikker is always pejorative[25]
* French: noir is neutral, nègre is a racist colonial usage[citation needed]
* Hungarian: néger is neutral, nigger is adopted as racist[citation needed]
* Latvian: nēģeris is neutral, nigger is adopted as racist[citation needed]
* Portuguese: negro is neutral, preto is racist[citation needed]
* Russian: negr (“негр”) is neutral, chyornyi (“чёрный”, black) is moderately dergotory slur, usually applied against Middle Eastern and Caucasian people,chernozhopyi (“черножопый”, black-assed) is the harshest generic racist slur for non-white people[citation needed]
* Yiddish: neger is neutral, shvartzer (black man, black woman) is racist[citat