It is the official language of seven countries in Europe, Africa, and South America and an unofficial one in numerous linguistic islands in China, India, and North America.
Spoken by over 200 million people, it is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world, well ahead of German (10th), French (11th), and Italian (15th).
Since it is so important and so rarely studied, knowledge of Portuguese is actually a marketable skill, especially in commerce and banking.
The astonishing richness of literature in Portuguese everything from The Lusiads, the greatest epic poem of the European Renaissance, to the modern Brazilian novel, the best-kept secret in the Western Hemisphere.
It was declared one of the six critical languages by the National Defense Education Act of 1958.
Brazil officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country in South America. Brazil is crossed by both the Equator and Tropic of Capricorn, and as such is home to a vast array of flora and fauna, natural environments, and extensive natural resources.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. The westernmost country of mainland Europe, Portugal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.
