To sign 'Ghana', hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you with the palm facing up. Form a 'G' handshape with your dominant hand (index finger and thumb extended parallel to each other). Move your dominant hand in a small horizontal circle above your non-dominant hand, then bring the bottom edge of your dominant hand down to rest on the center of your open palm.
Sign 'Ghana' by circling your dominant 'G' handshape and landing it on your flat non-dominant palm.
Use the sign for 'Ghana' followed by the signs for 'West' and 'Africa'.
Point to your friend, sign 'from', and then sign 'Ghana'.
Sign 'Ghana' by circling your dominant 'G' handshape and landing it on your flat non-dominant palm.
Use the sign for 'Ghana' followed by the signs for 'West' and 'Africa'.
Point to your friend, sign 'from', and then sign 'Ghana'.
Yes, the small horizontal circle before landing on the palm is a key part of the sign. It helps distinguish this movement as representing a location or country.
The 'G' handshape is used as an initialization for the word 'Ghana'. It combines the first letter of the English word with a traditional ASL location movement.
Your non-dominant hand should be the flat base hand on the bottom, while your dominant hand forms the 'G' handshape and performs the circling movement.
