Cantonese - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Answer the following about current political conflicts across the world based on language policies, for 10 points each.

[10e] Continued Chinese repressions of civil liberties in Hong Kong has led to concerns that this non-English language, currently the dominant language of the city, would disappear in a few generations.

ANSWER: Cantonese [or Gwong Dung Waa; or Kuang Tung Hua; accept Jyut Jyu or Yueh Yu; accept Yue Chinese]

[10h] Tensions between English and French speakers have resulted in the creation of this breakaway region in northwestern Cameroon. This separatist state declared independence after the Coffin Revolution in 2017.

ANSWER: Ambazonia [or Federal Republic of Ambazonia; or State of Ambazonia]

[10m] This southernmost Indian state, currently led by M. K. Stalin of the DMK party, fiercely opposes Modi’s National Education Policy 2020 over concerns that Hindi would supplant this state’s current dominant language.

ANSWER: Tamil Nadu [prompt on TN]

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	13	20.00	100%	62%	39%
North	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	64%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	88%	75%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	17.14	100%	57%	14%

Data


Toronto A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
McMaster B	Queen's B	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Ottawa	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Western Ontario	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Toronto K	10	10	10	30
Waterloo	Guelph B	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Penn A	George Mason A	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	George Washington B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Maryland D	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Catholic University	George Washington A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame E	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Penn B	Georgetown A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	10	0	10	20
VCU A	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
Georgetown B	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
Missouri A	SIUE	10	0	10	20
Truman State	WashU B	10	10	10	30
WashU D	William Woods	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	10	10	10	30
Chicago D	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Louisville B	10	0	10	20
Illinois C	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	UIC	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Indiana B	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
BC B	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	20
MIT B	BU	10	0	10	20
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	0	10
Cornell-UG	Dartmouth	10	0	0	10
Brown A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Amherst A	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
Williams	Yale A	10	0	10	20
Yale B	BC A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
Ohio	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
Northwestern C	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Texas A	Arizona State A	10	0	10	20
Texas B	McGill D	10	0	0	10
Tulsa	UTD B	10	0	0	10
UCO	Northwestern B	10	0	0	10
UTD A	Iowa	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	10	0	10	20
Alabama B	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Auburn B	Huntsville A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Bruin A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	10	0	10	20
UAB A	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
Bristol B	Imperial B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	10	0	10	20
Durham B	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Birmingham A	10	0	10	20
LSE A	Edinburgh A	10	0	0	10
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Manchester B	LSE B	10	0	10	20
Manchester A	Oxford A	10	0	10	20
Oxford B	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Sheffield C	Southampton A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Southampton B	10	0	10	20
Sheffield A	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Bristol A	Warwick B	10	10	0	20