Soweto 01
- Title
- Soweto 01
- Description
- Soweto 01 is a descriptive place-name sign that is similar to the signs for SUN or FLASHING LIGHT. We are unable to determine the origins of this variant, but it could possibly refer to the Sesotho nickname for Gauteng, the province is which Soweto is situated. ‘Maboneng’ means ‘place of lights’.
- Place Type
- Town
- Years Recorded
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Research Site
- Bloemfontein
- Kimberley
- Phuthaditjhaba
- Thaba 'Nchu
- Thaba 'Nchu
- Phuthaditjhaba
- Kimberley
- Part of Location Collection
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Soweto
- Home Language
- Afrikaans
- English
- isiXhosa
- isiZulu
- SASL
- Sesotho
- Setswana
- Main location
- Free State
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Bloemfontein
- Cape Town
- Gqeberha
- Johannesburg
- Kestell
- Kimberley
- Klerksdorp
- Mthatha
- Newcastle
- Phuthaditjhaba
- Thaba 'Nchu
- Worcester
- SASL Shorthand Annotation
- #1,{0,?1,*1,!1,[O-5,^1,~0,&1,*2,!0,[0,^0,~0,&0
- Category Value
- Handedness: 1
- Contact: 0
- Mouthing: 1
- Dominance: 1
- Location: 1
- Handshape: O
- Handshape: 5
- Palm orientation: 1
- Movement: 0
- Repetition: 1
- Dominance: 2
- Location: 0
- Handshape: 0
- Palm orientation: 0
- Repetition: 0
- Item sets
- SASL place-name Signs (Variants)
- Media
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Soweto 01
Part of Soweto 01