1. One of the best languages to learn for travel
As of 2016, there were 437 million Spanish-speakers throughout the world. That’s 17% of the entire world. Not only does this heft number make Spanish the second most-spoken language in the world, but it is also the official or national language of 21 countries. In the Americas, 418 million people speak it, and in the European Union, 8% of folks speak it as a first language, and 7% speak it as a second language.
The point of all of these fancy facts and figures is that if you learn Spanish, you’ll be hard-pressed to go somewhere where at least a few people don’t speak it. This will make you a better-equipped traveler, allow you to meet even more people and enrich your personal experiences.
Plus, you’ll be able to speak like a pro in some of the most beautiful countries in the world where Spanish is the official language:
Argentina
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
Panama
Costa Rica
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2. Learning Spanish makes you more employable
Yes, you read that correctly. Learning Spanish makes you more employable. At this point, we’re sure this isn’t surprising. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and the third most-used language in the media. The importance of Spanish as a business language is hard to dispute. With the economic development of many Latin American countries, Spain being the 14th highest for GDP in the world and an influx of Spanish-speakers in countries like the United States, anyone who knows, or learns, Spanish will be at a great advantage. According to The Economist, learning Spanish will net you an additional $51,000 in life.
Oh, did we also mention that 10% of the language used on the Internet is in Spanish?
3. It’ll keep your mind sharp
According to Alzheimer's Today, “Speaking more than one language appears to help the brain resist the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.” Italy’s Vita-Salute San Rafffaele University in Milan conducted a study in which they studied CT scans of 85 older patients with Alzheimer’s disease. 45 of them spoke both German and Italian and 40 spoke only one of the two languages. As you can imagine, those who were bilingual performed better than monolingual speakers on short and long-term memory tasks.
In fact, they scored three to eight times higher despite their brain scans showing more severe deterioration!
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