I like it!
Afrikaans looks like a cross between Plattdeutsch and Dutch . . . I can actually read it, much to my amazement. (I do read High German and Plattdeutsch)
I think Arthur C. Clarke once quipped (something to the effect of) "Dutch Afrikaans is the only known language which bruises listeners when spoken."
I always thought that was funny.
Living with a couple of native speaking Russian/Ukranian girls for a couple of semesters cured me of any panic when exposed to non-latin character languages, though I'm still illiterate in Russian and Gurung. My limited German was picked up during a tour in Bavaria during the late 1960s, and wasn't helped any by exposure to Czech/Slovak acquired during a couple of 5km zone border tours along the landesgrenze. Nor, I suspect, by the time I spent in South Africa in the following decade.
It's not in Afrikaans, but you might give this little tune a listen. It's not a surefire winner on karoake night at the pub, but it does tend to get a chuckle or two....