Which of the following statements is false? O Mandarin, the language in and around the Chinese capital, Beijing, was chosen as the standardized form of Chinese for the whole country. O When African colonies became independent countries, one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to change the names of places that had been named after colonial figures. O The most widely used Indo-European language today is Chinese. O Linguistic extinction occurs when all of the speakers of a language either die or choose to speak another language.

Which of the following statements is false? O Mandarin, the language in and around the Chinese capital, Beijing, was chosen as the standardized form of Chinese for the whole country. O When African colonies became independent countries, one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to change the names of places that had been named after colonial figures. O The most widely used Indo-European language today is Chinese. O Linguistic extinction occurs when all of the speakers of a language either die or choose to speak another language.