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!

Problems of IOL 2017 - you've got ten days to find the solutions!

The problems of IOL 2017 have been made available online! Hugh Dobbs, the chair of the Problem Committee, has given you all ten days to try and solve the problems, and then we will upload the solutions. So get craicing!

You can submit your suggested solutions down below in the comments of this blogpost if you want, that way they'll be time-stamped and we can compare them to the solutions when they are published ;)!

Solvers Choice Awards: Tae Hun Lee and the problem on Laven language and Khom script
Contrary to speculations by LNNO, the member of the Problem Committee who received the Solver's Choice awards was not Ksenia Gilyarova, but Tae Hun Lee. He received the award for problem number 4, which was about the language Laven (Jru') and the Khom script. Laven (Jru') is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos by approximately 28,000 people. The Khom script was used for this language from 1924 to 1936.

The Khom script was invited by Ong Kommandam and used in the rebellion by the hill Mon-Khmer groups  ("Khom") against French and Lao rule. In an article in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, linguist Paul Sidwell writes: 

The script was used by a political leader as part of his resistance effort against the colonial French, used to symbolize his power more than to communicate factual content. The script is unique in the way it has separate symbols for... <text hidden because spoiler>

Can you figure out what it is that Sidwell points out as unique with the Khom script? Let us know!

*** Update. The PDFs are now found in the regular place on the official website.

The contest and award parts of the IOL might be over, but the events are still going on as we speak! How are the people at the official IOL Excursion enjoying themselves? Read more about it here: http://ift.tt/1D1k23P

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The contest and award parts of the IOL might be over, but the events are still going on as we speak! How are the people at the official IOL Excursion enjoying themselves? Read more about it here: http://ift.tt/1D1k23P

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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IOL excursion contest - Photo diary Tell us about your trip to the Rila Monastery through interesting and original photos. There will be prizes for the best diaries! More info later today.

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IOL excursion contest - Photo diary Tell us about your trip to the Rila Monastery through interesting and original photos. There will be prizes for the best diaries! More info later today.

And the individual contest is now under way! Good luck to everybody, and keep your fingers crossed for your country's teams, they will need all the help they can get!

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And the individual contest is now under way! Good luck to everybody, and keep your fingers crossed for your country's teams, they will need all the help they can get!

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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The North American teams have already made their way to AUBG. Are you next?

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The North American teams have already made their way to AUBG. Are you next?

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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