All solutions and problems now up for IOL 2017!

All problems and solutions of IOL 2017 are now up, including the solution to the team contest problem (Indonesian + Emojis).

They're all here!

Well done everyone who competed! How did you do? Tells us in the comments!

IOL 2016 going on! #ioling

Photo by Bruno L'Astoria.

The 14th International Linguistics Olympiad is currently underway in Mysore, India. The individual contest has taken place, the team contest is soon under way! All the best wishes to all participants, and strength and endurance to the jury during their long hard work correcting. Remember, they correct solutions for the problems written in all languages of the IOL-teams! (For more on that, go here.)

For posts from those present in Mysore, check out the #ioling tags on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

Results | IOL 2015

http://ift.tt/1fryKGk The results are officially out! Congratulations to all winners, and enjoy the rest of your time in Bulgaria!

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Results | IOL 2015

http://ift.tt/1fryKGk Здравейте! Keep an eye on this page, pretty soon we'll start posting the results from the Individual and the Team contests LIVE!

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The BULPROS and AUBG party

And the drone video http://youtu.be/8ANM5es-cR4

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19th July | IOL 2015

Здравейте! Less than one day until the biggest IOL ever, are you excited? Stay up-to-date with the IOL events by following our daily bulletin: http://ift.tt/1OfD2w9
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How well do you know the 18 languages of this year's IOL? Match sentence to language!

So, following up on yesterday's posts about the 18 languages of this years International Linguistics Olympiad: how well do you know them? Here is a phrase in all of the languages, can you guys match the pairs (without googling)? I've also snuck in one extra language, 2 bonus point if you can label it. The correct answer is found at the bottom, in tiny light-yellow print (copy-paste to elsewhere to read). Happy pairing, let us know how you did in the comments!

1. One language is never enough
2. Един език никога не е достатъчен   (Edin ezik nikoga ne e dostatãčen)
3. 種語言永遠不夠 [一种语言永远不够] (yīzhǒng yǔyán yǒngyuǎn bùgòu)
4. Jeden jazyk nikdy nestačí
5. Eén taal is nooit genoeg
6. Ühest keelest ei piisa kunagi
7. Une seule langue n'est jamais suffisante
8. 言語を一つは決して足りない (gengo o hitotsu wa kesshite tarinai)
9. Ar vienu valodu nekad nepietiek
10. Jeden język nigdy nie wystarcza
11. O singură limbă nu ajunge niciodată
12. Одного языка никогда не достаточно (Odnovo jazyka nikogda nedostatočno)
13. En jezik ni nikoli dovolj
14. Ett språk är aldrig nog
15. Bir dil asla yeterli değildir
16. Однієї мови ніколи не досить (Odnijeji movy nikoly ne dosyt')
17. Un idioma nunca es suficiente
18. Egy nyelv sosem elég
19. Unu lingvo neniam sufiĉas

A Estonian (Finnic, Uralic)

B English (American & British version separate) (Germanic, Indo-European)

C Swedish (Germanic, Indo-European)

D Spanish (Romance, Indo-European)

E Hungarian (Hungarian, Uralic)

F French (Romance, Indo-European)

G Bulgarian (Slavic, Indo-European)

H Romanian (Romance, Indo-European)

I Russian (Slavic, Indo-European)

J Mandarin Chinese (Sinitic, Sino-Tibetan)

K Dutch (Germanic, Indo-European)

L Slovene (Slavic, Indo-European)

M Polish (Slavic, Indo-European)

N Turkish (Oghuz, Turkic)

O Japanese (Japonic)

P Czech (Slavic, Indo-European)

Q Latvian (Baltic, Indo-European)

R Ukrainian (Slavic, Indo-European)

These sentences were taken from Omniglot, thanks Simon Ager!

Here's a map from AMCharts showing all the countries that are participating in this years contest.

******DON'T LOOK BELOW IF YOU'RE NOT DONE :)! ******

Correct answers: 1B, 2G, 3J, 4P, 5K, 6A, 7F, 8O, 9Q, 10M, 11H, 12I, 13L, 14C, 15N, 16R, 17D, 18E and 19: Esperanto!

Solving your way through languages & codes: the International Linguistics Olympiad

New post at the Facebook page 13-th International Linguistics Olympiad:
We want to recommend this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fu44oJqDjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fu44oJqDjI As the IOL draws nearer, here is a neat video from last year about the competition and linguistics as a whole! What kind of problems do you expect on the Olympiad this year?
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Schedule | IOL 2015

New post at the Facebook page 13-th International Linguistics Olympiad:
We want to recommend this: http://ift.tt/1gsChFf http://ift.tt/1gsChFf There are exactly 10 days left until the biggest IOL so far!! This should give you just enough time for some last minute planning, so if you haven't already, click below and get familiar with the final schedule of the event!
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Why You Need To Go To Bulgaria

New post at the Facebook group for this years IOL:
Здравейте! http://ift.tt/1gf6Uho Most of you are coming to Bulgaria nonetheless, but still, here is a nice list of reasons you SHOULD visit our country :)
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