Africans

Japanese: Afrikaans
Africans

...For example, words such as "orgel" (music box), "blik" (tinplate), "pomp" (pump), and "doek" (sneaker), are commonly used in Japanese today without any particular thought given to them.
[Afrikaans]
Afrikaans is a language that developed from Dutch in modern times. Afrikaans is the second official language in South Africa after English, and is spoken by 4 million people (1977) mainly in the Transvaal and Orange Free State.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Afrikaans" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…例えば,オルゴールorgel,ブリキblik,ポンプpomp,ズックdoekなどであり,これらは今日では特に意識されることなく,日本語の中で普通に用いられている。
[アフリカーンス語]
 近代になってオランダ語から発達したものとして,アフリカーンス語Afrikaansが存在する。アフリカーンス語は,南アフリカ共和国における,英語に次ぐ公用語であり,トランスバール州,オレンジ自由州を中心に400万人(1977)により使用されている。…

※「Afrikaans」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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