IOL Problems by Year

Below are listed the problem sets from each year of the International Olympiad in Linguistics.

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• Borovets 2003
• Moscow 2004
• Leiden 2005
• Tartu 2006
• St. Petersburg 2007
• Slanchev Bryag 2008
• Wrocław 2009
• Stockholm 2010
• Pittsburgh 2011
• Ljubljana 2012

Borovets 2003

Individual Problems

1. Transcendental Algebra
2. Arabic Arithmetic
3. Basque Dates
4. Adyghe
5. French

Team Problems

1. Tocharian
2. Subscripts
3. Verbs

Moscow 2004

Individual Problems

1. Kayapo
2. Swift News Agency
3. Latin
4. Lakhota
5. Chuvash

Team Problems

1. Armenian

Leiden 2005

Individual Problems

1. Tzotzil
2. Lango
3. Mansi
4. Yoruba
5. Lithuanian

Team Problems

1. Figuig

Tartu 2006

Individual Problems

1. Lakhota
2. Catalan
3. Khmer
4. Udihe
5. Ngoni

Team Problems

1. American Sign Language

St. Petersburg 2007

Individual Problems

1. Braille
2. Movima
3. Georgian
4. Ndom
5. Turkish and Tatar

Team Problems

1. Hawaiian

Slanchev Bryag 2008

Individual Problems

1. Micmac
2. Old Norse
3. Drehu and Cemuhî
4. Copainalá Zoque
5. Inuktitut

Team Problems

1. Fanqie

Wrocław 2009

Individual Problems

1. Sulka
2. Maninka and Bamana
3. Burmese Names
4. Old Indic
5. Nahuatl

Team Problems

1. Vietnamese

Stockholm 2010

Individual Problems

1. Budukh
2. Drehu Numerals
3. Blissymbolics
4. mRNA Sequencing
5. Romansch

Team Problems

1. Mongolian

Pittsburgh 2011

Individual Problems

1. Menominee
2. Faroese
3. Vai
4. Nahuatl
5. EAN-13

Team Problems

1. Sanskrit Poetry

Ljubljana 2012

Individual Problems

1. Dyirbal
2. Umbu-Ungu
3. Basque
4. Teop
5. Rotuman

Team Problems

1. Lao

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