Well, why would anybody want to study the German language? Well, maybe because Microsoft writes and sells more software in German than it does in Spanish.
Or maybe because the United States does more business (measured in dollars of import and export) with the German-speaking countries of the world (Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany) than we do with all the Spanish-speaking countries combined.
Or maybe because most universities in the United States recommend German, not Spanish, for students who are seeking graduate degrees in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Business, Economics, and other fields.
The real question is: why would anybody want to study Spanish?
