Portuguese

专业介绍

There are many reasons to learn the language and the culture of Portuguese speakers:

• Portuguese shares some grammar rules, sentence structure, and similar vocabulary words with other Romance languages like French, Spanish, and Italian. Portuguese is an easy and fun language to learn.
• An estimated 1.3 million native Portuguese speakers live in the United States.
• Portuguese is the sixth-most widely spoken language in the world, more than German, French, or Italian. 265 million people speak Portuguese. Brazil alone has a population of 205 million. Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, and is also widely spoken in Equatorial Guinea, Macau (China), and Goa (India).
• Portuguese is a working or official language of important international organizations, such as the African Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, the European Union, Mercosul, the Organization of American States, and the Organization of Ibero-American States.
• To study Portuguese is an asset in today’s global economy. For example, Brazil’s economy is among the largest in the world.
• The Portuguese novelist José Saramago won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature. The music, festivities, culture, and art of the Portuguese-speaking countries are appreciated all over the world.
• Last but not least, Brazil is the only country that has won the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament five times.