Teacher Ali Warsame, left, jokes with students (left to right)Amy Keyes, Jordan Trammel and Juan Peralta as they attempt to pronounce Somali phrases during language class.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus school is celebrating its diverse culture and giving students a bilingual lesson. Every week, Noor Academy teaches students the Somali language and culture. Many of ...

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - A diverse set of foreign languages are taught at area colleges, but until last month they didn’t include one of the languages most frequently spoken in the region. Students ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Twenty Metro Transit officers sit in a classroom, carefully taking notes. They slowly try to pronounce every word instructor Ali Warsame says, from simple greetings like “hello” ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — In a landmark move, Normandale Community College in Bloomington became the first community college to offer a full five-course Somali Area Studies Program. Classes began for the ...

Farhiya Del helped write the curriculum and lesson plans for the new Somali Heritage Language Program launching Friday in Minneapolis Public Schools.

Salom Abdulle is worried her 13-year-old daughter won’t speak Somali, potentially straining her family relationships. “I don’t have any problem understanding my daughter, but my parents do,” she said.

Minneapolis Public Schools have implemented two Somali classes — one that focuses on language and the other on culture, and the program is turning out to be quite popular, with nearly 60 students ...

The mysterious underwater rhythm of an in-utero heartbeat is the signature sound of prenatal checkups. When I was pregnant, it was a ritual I looked forward to. Now, four months after the birth of my ...

"When you have a Somali victim, you can't wait for a translator or wait for the language line to come online in order to get the description," Metro Transit Police Chief John Harrington says. ST. PAUL ...