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PANINI LINGUISTICS OLYMPIAD

PLO is a fun, exciting, educational, challenging, puzzling, linguistic competition for students studying in grades 6th to 8th (Juniors) and 9th to 12th (Seniors).

This competition helps foster problem solving, computational thinking and appreciation for the linguistic diversity and linguistics in general.

PLO 2026 Timeline

PLO 2026 will have two major selection rounds. We also have a special Puzzle Lab for people hoping to get started with their
Linguistic Olympiad journey.
Dates in the timeline are tentative and subject to change.

Let's try one problem.

To get a feel, try this sample problem.

about

K = outermost green layer
C = next whorl
A = next – the yellow dots, and
G the innermost = orange.

The number of elements in the whorl is subscripted.
To view the full solution, find this problem on the Resources Page

Did you enjoy the problem?
Try out more and don't forget to participate in the olympiad.

Contact us

Feel Free to contact us any time.

We will get back to you as soon as we can!. plo@iiit.ac.in