History and geography of the Linguistics Olympiad

The first linguistics olympiad for school children was held in Moscow in 1965. Since then, the idea has spread to many other countries, but the UK didn’t hold its first olympiad (called UKLO, the UK Linguistics Olmpiad) till 2010. Countries which hold a national olympiad can also send one or more teams (of four competitors) to the annual International Linguistics Olympiad.

• Olympiads exist in other subjects, especially in mathematics and the natural sciences; but they also include olympiads in philosophy and geography.
• History of the olympiad in the UK
  • The archive of webpages from previous years.
  • A list of UK successes at the International Linguistics Olympiad.
  • The International Linguistics Olympiad 2013, which we hosted in Manchester.
  • the UKLO schools on a map.
• Facts about the international olympiad.
  • History of the IOL
  • Recent worldwide statistics.
• Geography: other countries
  • Our neighbours
    • Ireland
    • The Isle of Man
  • Our other fellow anglophone countries
    • the USA and Canada
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
  • Other countries are listed on the IOL website