Some Black people around the world are well-traveled, many more dream of going to other countries where they have never been.
We’ve had as many debates as we need to about the use of the n-word, the word “ni&&er,” “niggaz,” and “nigga.”
We’ve had many debates about the origins of the racial slur and what it really means.
Not often enough have we discussed how to know when a racial slur such as the n-word is used in another language, so we decided to do some research on how to recognize it in nearly any language in the world.
Being made aware is not for the purpose of instigating a fight, but so that you know how to let them know that you know.
Here is a list of the ‘n-word’ in other languages in other countries, just so you are aware should it happen.
♠Albania – Zezak
♠Arabic – زنجي
♠Armenia – թխամորթ [t’khamort’]
♠Azerbaijani – Zenci
♠Basque – Beltza
♠Belarusian – негр [niehr]
♠Bengali – নিগ্রো [Nigrō]
♠Bosnia – crnčuga
♠Bulgaria – негър [negŭr]
♠Catalan – Negre
♠Chinese(simplified) – 黑鬼 [Hēi guǐ]
♠Chinese(traditional) – 黑鬼 [Hēi guǐ]
♠Croatia – crnčuga
♠Czech – Negr
♠Estonia – Neeger
♠Filipino – Nugger
♠Finnish – Nekru
♠Greek – αράπης [arápi̱s]
♠Gujarati – હબસી [Habasī]
♠Hebrew – כושי
♠Hindi – हब्शी [Habśī]
♠Hungarian – néger
♠Indonesian – orang Negro
♠Japanese – 黒人 [Kokujin]
♠Kannada – ಕರಿಯ [Kariya]
♠Korean – 검둥이 [geomdung-i]
♠Latvian – melnādainais
♠Lithuanian – Negras
♠Macedonian – црнец [crnec]
♠Malaysia (same as Indonesia)
♠Maori – Poronika
♠Marathi – नीग्रो यासाठी अपशब्द [Nīgrō yāsāṭhī apaśabda]
♠Nepali – निगर [Nigara]
♠Persian – سیاه پوست
♠Polish – czarnuch
♠Romanian – Negru
♠Russian – негр [negr]
♠Serbian – црнчуга [crnčuga]
♠Slovak – Neger
♠Slovenian – črnuh
♠Somali – u xusno
♠Spanish – Negro
♠Swedish – Neger
♠Tamil –
நீக்ரோ இனத்தை சார்ந்தவர் [Nīkrō iṉattai cārntavar] ♠Telugu -నిగ్గర్ [Niggar] ♠Thai-นีโกร [Nī kor] ♠Turkish - Zenci ♠Ukrainian - Hегр [nehr]
♠Urdu - نگر
♠Vietnamese - mọi
♠Yiddish – ניגער [Nygʻr]
We also discovered that you will never be unsure in the following languages, English included:
Zulu, Yoruba, Welsh, Swahili, Punjabi, Portuguese, Norwegian, Mongolian, Maltese, Latin, Lao, Khmer, Javanese, Italian, Irish, Igbo, Icelandic, Hmong, Hausa, Haitian, German, Galacian, French, Esperanto, Dutch, Danish, Cebuano, Afrikaans, and in Georgian, the ‘n-word’ comes in BIG HUMONGOUS CAPITAL LETTERS.
Now you know.
Hmmmmmm. Seems to me if pretty much every known language has a version of the “n word'”, there must be a good reason why. Maybe that should be discussed.