Interesting comparison. I speak Afrikaans in the office every day (although it's not my mother tongue) and I do appreciate the simplicity of the language. It's also really cool in the same way Klingon is cool, i.e. some things can only be said in Afrikaans.

I must point out that the language itself is not as simple ("kitchen dutch") as the author makes it out to be though, in fact it's in my opinion just as sophisticated as dutch - albeit with slightly simplified grammar and spellings.