With its large diversity of people and cultures, the Sacramento area has many language schools and programs.  The majority are private institutions and are not officially accredited, but are designed to both teach foreign languages and establish communities with similar interests and values.

Many of our local schools offer foreign language courses, especially Sac State and the Los Rios Community College District.

Arabic

Also at: Sac State, SCC,

Also see Religious Schools for Islamic schools with instruction in Arabic.

Chinese

Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation advocate for Chinese culture and language instruction

Sacramento Mandarin School Non-profit school offering Mandarin instruction for children and adults

Wisdom Chinese School Instruction for children and adults in Cantonese and Mandarin

Also at: Sac State (Mandarin), SCC (Mandarin and Cantonese), 

English as a Second Language

Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center an adult school part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

Twin Rivers Adult School part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District

Also at: Sac State, ARC, CRC, FLC,SCC,

Esperanto

Also at:

Farsi/Persian

Also at: Sac State, SCC

French

Alliance Française de Sacramento classes for adults and children

Education Francaise de Sacramento classes for children

Also at:Sac State,  ARC, FLC,SCC,

German

Sacramento Turn Verein classes for adults and children

Also at: Sac State,  ARC, SCC

Greek (Modern)

Also at: Sac State, SCC

Hebrew

Also at:

Also see Religious Schools for Jewish schools with instruction in Hebrew

Hindi

Also at:

Italian

Also at:Sac State, ARC, SCC,

Korean

Also at: Sac State, SCC,

Japanese

Sakura Gakuen Japanese School Classes for children and adults, run in conjunction with the Buddhist Church of Sacramento

Also at: Sac State, ARC, SCC,

Portuguese

Brazilian Center for Cultural Exchange of Sacramento offers once-weekly Portuguese classes for adults

Also at:

Punjabi

Also at: Sac State, SCC,

Russian

Also at: Sac State, ARC, SCC,

Sign Language

American River College has extensive credentialing programs for people interested in becoming interpreters

Also at: Sac State, CRC, FLC, SCC,

Spanish

Casa de Espanol for children and adults

Also at: Sac State, ARC, CRC, FLC, SCC,

Tagalog

Also at: SCC,

Vietnamese

Lac Hong Center a Vietnamese language and culture organization

Also at: CRC, SCC,