With Brazil emerging in the world today, Portuguese will be a good language to learn. Portuguese is one of the top 10 spoken languages in the world right now and it is mainly used in Portugal and Brazil, though there are a select number of countries in Africa that also speak it. Learning Portuguese means can enjoy a great vacation to Brazil, perhaps to the beach, or even go on a wine tasting expedition in Portugal. If you have a background in the Spanish language, it will certainly help you pick up this one much faster, but it is not necessary. With a great teacher, you will be speaking Portuguese in no time at all!