The steam from sweet Somali tea floats out of white plastic-foam cups as a handful of people weave in between desks tentatively greeting each other: “Barasho wanaagsan” (good to meet you). This cheery ...

When you think of languages to study in school, what comes to mind? Spanish? French? German? Maybe Mandarin? Whatever it is, it’s probably not Somali, the language of millions around the world and the ...

ST. CLOUD — Three years after creating what was thought to be the first high school-level curriculum for native Somali speakers in the state and country, Abdi Mahad is at it again — this time creating ...

Farhiya Iman is single-handedly helping to overcome barriers in her community by teaching others about her native Somali culture and language, one phrase at a time. Farhiya Iman moved to St. Cloud, ...

For weeks now, Sakarie Hassan has come home from kindergarten at Sullivan STEAM Magnet School eager to tell about the words he's learning to read in Somali, the language he speaks at home. He'll greet ...

His observation about the need for the average Somali, and other non-Somali speakers, to write and read the Somali language has propelled author and Somali language expert Suleban Said to share an ...

ST. CLOUD — Tech High School junior Zainab Hashi said her mother was shocked when she told her she'd be researching Kismayo, her home city in Somalia, as part of a class project. "A lot of the time we ...

NORTH MANKATO — 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 in various ...

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 ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: This is a Somali lullaby from an elder in Minnesota that Marian Hassan recorded for a new project she's working on. She spent her career ...

There was a bigger push this summer to get the word out, and 16 students enrolled in a class that started by teaching the fundamental elements of the language and will advance to basic grammar by the ...