LEARNING PORTUGUESE
Portuguese language is one of the world's main languages, ranked sixth according to number of speakers (over 200 million). It is the language with the major number of speakers in South America (188 million, above 51% of the continent's inhabitants), and also a major lingua franca in Africa. Portuguese is the official language of nine countries, being co-official with Portuguese and French in Equatorial Guinea, with Chinese in the Chinese particular administrative region of Macau, and with Tetum in East Timor. Nowadays more people speak Portuguese than French, German, Italian or Japanese. Brazil is considered the 5th major country in the world with the 8th main economy. The state of São Paulo has the major industrial zone in Latin America. Afro-Brazilians represent the largest black population of the New World. Brazil also has the major Japanese population outside Japan. Our world today has become more globalized than ever. Many companies do business abroad. Also, communication between countries has become easier and more efficient through of the internet. As people travel more and have more foreign people coming in for visits and immigration, it is important to learn other languages for better communication. Learning other language means looking at the world through a new set of eyes that mean to know other culture, history, meeting new people and you can discover new possibilities to business and travel.
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