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The People's Republic of China never forms, due to a successful Mao Zedong assassination attempt. China in this world is the ROC.
The People's Republic of China never forms, due to a successful Mao Zedong assassination attempt. China in this world is the ROC.


Decolonization of Africa was never attempted (so Zimbabwe is still called Rhodesia) though the decolonization of Asia was more successful than it is in our world. However, colonial influence led to a new "Euro-Asian" culture of art and music. To this day, colonial languages in Asia are still widely learned: French in Lata (formerly French Indochina), Dutch in Indonesia, and English in India and Singapore.
Decolonization of Africa was never attempted (so Zimbabwe is still called Rhodesia) though the decolonization of Asia was more successful than it is in our world. However, colonial influence led to a new "Eurasian" culture of art and music. To this day, colonial languages in Asia are still widely learned: French in Lata (formerly French Indochina), Dutch in Indonesia, and English in India and Singapore.
 
The only other differences in territories other than Europe are that Lata is a single country, and that China and Taiwan are united under the ROC.


==Distribution of the languages across the world==
==Distribution of the languages across the world==