Why was the first Afrikaans written in Arabic Letters?

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken by around 13.5 million in South Africa, 60% of white South Africans, and 75% of the country's Coloured population. It is closely related to Dutch with which it shares 90-95% lexical similarities though several other languages have contributed to the development of Afrikaans. In this video I'll be looking at the Cape Malay minority, and the first written record of Afrikaans which was done not in the Roman Alphabet but rather in the Arabic script brought over by the servants and slaves of the Dutch from modern-day Malaysia and Indonesia. Further reading: file:///C:/Users/hilbe/Downloads/Arabic-Afrikaans_Literature_at_the_Cape.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/200606260... Music Used: Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik - Mozart Eastern Thought - Kevin MacLeod Cambodian Odyssey - Kevin MacLeod Charter - Kevin MacLeod Clean Soul - Kevin MacLeod Dhaka - Kevin MacLeod East of Tunisia - Kevin MacLeod Raid the Merch Market: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/hi... Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon):   / historywithhilbert   Join in the Banter on Twitter:   / historywhilbert   Enter the Fray on Facebook:   / historywhilbert   Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop):   / historywithhilbert   Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected] #netherlands #southafrica #history