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Nashville State Community College offers free Kurdish language and culture classes
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/nashville-state-community-college-offers-free-kurdish-language-and-culture-classes"Nashville State Community College began offering Kurdish language and culture classes in late October to help Nashville residents better serve and relate to the significant Kurdish community in Nashville and allow Kurdish speakers to continue learning their native language.
"Nashville is the largest community of speakers of Kurdish outside of Iraq. So the second largest community in the world, which is enormous. The number isn't huge, it's about 20,000 people. But, if you think about 20,000 people in a couple of zip codes, that's a high concentration. And that is a solid community," explained Nashville State Community College English Humanities and Creative Technologies Dean Dr. Patricia Armstrong.
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Paragon Mills Elementary School 2nd Grade Teacher Sherrye Phillips explained, "In our school we have, I would say, at least 15% of our students speak Kurdish. And this is a way that we can also like bridge a gap, you know? With the students, we have staff, and of course, our families."....(more)