About APLO
Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad (APLO) is a regional linguistics olympiad with the aim of escalating attention to language and linguistics in the Asia Pacific region. It is similar to the International Linguistics Olympiad in spirit, and the nature and style of the problems. The APLO began in 2019 and is held in March every year.
The Second APLO was held on September 27, 2020, simultaneously in 6 official countries/regions, and between September 27 and October 26, 2020, in 5 guest countries. You can find the results here and the problems here.
The upcoming APLO will be held in March 2021.
See our latest response to COVID-19 here.
APLO is not a contest where students from different countries physically meet in one place to participate in the competitions. Instead, all contestants will compete in their home country on the same day.
APLO Board
Minkyu Kim
General Co-Chair
General Chair of Korea Linguistics Olympiad (KLO) and Local Organizing Chair of IOL 2019 Yongin
Monojit Choudhury
General Co-Chair
General Chair of Panini Linguistics Olympiad (PLO) and Local Organizing Chair of IOL 2016 Mysore
Shu-Kai Hsieh
Board Member
Team Leader of Taiwan and Organizer of Taiwan Olympiad in Linguistics
Suhaimi Ramly
Board Member
Vice Chair of Malaysian Computational Linguistics Olympiad
Simona Klemenčič
Board Member
Public Relations Chair and Board Member of IOL, Team Leader of Slovenia
Rujul Gandhi
Board Member
Jury Chair of APLO (2020)
Local Organizers
Bangladesh
The Linguistics Society of Bangladesh
Person of Contact: Mohammad Salim Miah
China
International Teenager competition and Communication Center (Beijing Infinite Education Inc.)
Person of Contact: Yili
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University-Peking University Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics
Person of Contact: Huang Chu-Ren
Malaysia
Malaysian Computational Thinking Association
Person of Contact: Suhaimi Ramly
Uzbekistan
International Contests and Competitions “WORLD WINNER”
Person of Contact: Sabina Ismatillaeva
Vietnam
Research Institute of Creative Education
Person of Contact: Nguyen Hoang Giang