Disk manufacture. 1  1 First, the recording media (Mylar), in the form of stock roll, is coated with an extremely fine layer of iron oxide. 2  2 Next, the coated film is slit and appropriate size disks are punched out with an automatic device similar to a cookie cutter.
Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. There are also speakers of Afrikaans in Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Germany, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.peakers of Afrikaans can understand Dutch, though Dutch speakers tend to need a while to tune into Afrikaans. From about 1815 Afrikaans started to replace Malay as the language of instruction in Muslim schools in South Africa.
Afrikaans. Afrikaans is the third most common language in South Africa. It is spoken by 13.5% of the population, or 6 855 082 people mainly coloured and white South Africans. The language has its roots in 17th century Dutch, with influences from English, Malay, German, Portuguese, French, and some African languages.siZulu. isiZulu is the most common language in South Africa, spoken by nearly 23% of the total population, or 11.6-million people. It's the language of South Africa's largest ethnic group, the Zulu people, who take their name from the chief who founded the royal line in the 16th century.