To mark national Irish Sign Language Day (December 14), we're sharing some festive phrases to learn in ISL this Christmas.
Irish TikToker Steve White (@kerrycoda) is a hearing person who became an ISL user as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). In fact, the Tralee native says he comes from three generations of Deaf family members, including his parents, his two siblings, as well as aunts, uncles and grandparents.
The 33-year-old says that ISL is his first language, and he was inspired to start his account as a way of introducing people to ISL through handy phrases and introductory challenges.
In the below video, he shares some Christmas greetings and festive phrases that can be learned ahead of December 25.
If you have an interest in learning more about ISL and the deaf community, we recommend giving Japhet Ogu (@japhet) a follow.
The 22-year-old has over 655,000 followers the social media platform, where he creates comedy and dance content using ISL.
The Meath man recently appeared on the RTÉ News account, where he answered some of TikTok's most commonly searched for questions about being deaf - watch it below.
To learn more about ISL Day, visit irishdeafsociety.ie.
