Cape Town 12

Title

Cape Town 12

Description

Cape Town 12 is an initialised-descriptive sign that incorporates the X handshape for both hands. The dominant hand moves with the palm facing upwards back and forth across the forearm of the non-dominant hand, which faces palm down. This variant originates from the Afrikaans Deaf community. They have a sign for ‘Kaap’, which is a colloquial reference to the areas surrounding Cape Town. This variant is a lexical variation from both Cape Town 07 and Cape Town 12.

Place Type

Town

Years Recorded

2024

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Research Site

Bloemfontein

Kimberley

Phuthaditjhaba

Thaba 'Nchu

Thaba 'Nchu

Phuthaditjhaba

Kimberley

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Part of Location Collection

Cape Town

Age Group

55-59

65-69

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Home Language

Afrikaans

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Main location

Cape Town

Worcester

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Annotation

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