Reasons to learn Portuguese

1. Portuguese is spoken by more than 200 Million people, it's official language in Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome und Principe and Macau. It is the 6th most spoken language in the world.
2. To learn Portuguese is very important if you want to get to known the Portuguese culture, speak to people around the world and create a closer link to locals who don't speak English. If You plan to travel to one of the many countries, where they speak Portuguese – it really facilitates communication
3. Once you speak Portuguese, you have much more job opportunities, you can get interesting jobs in the administration, import & export, health sector, travel sector or as a translator/interpreter.
4. Portuguese is also official language in the European Union and MERCOSUR, the economic alliance between different countries of Latin-American including Brazil. As Portuguese is spoken in so many places, you will have many occasions to use the language
5. While learning Portuguese, you make the first step in learning other Latin languages (Spanish, French, Italian, and Romanian) which are very similar. Portuguese is a very romantic language, especially if you learn the pronunciation used in Brazil (also called Brazilian Portuguese).
6. Portugal has a very rich literature. To mention some of its famous writers you should have a look on Gil Vicente, who captured the humanistic spirt of the renaissance or more recently José Saramago who received the Nobel Prize in Literature en 1998. Learn Portuguese and you can read amazing books in their original language.
7. If you already speak Spanish (or Italian) it makes it really easier for you to learn Portuguese because these languages have so much in common. Most Portuguese even understand you if you speak Spanish with them.