National rounds of linguistic olympiads

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 If you're in secondary school you can participate in linguistic olympiads. It's a great way to get a first taste of what linguistics is like. Secondary school can also be called "high school", "gymnasie" "college" etc depending on where you live.

 This years international contest takes place in Bulgaria - land of roses. I've been to the international olympiads as the team leader for Sweden since 2008, when it was actually also in Bulgaria. I highly recommend participating, you'll learn lots and meet great people!

Down below are some useful links, follow them to learn more about the arrangements of each country. These are the countries that I know are hosting contests this year, there's even more here.

 Some of the countries have already had their first national rounds, but some have not yet. If you got any questions, contact the IOL here. If you're not a student of secondary school, spread this onwards so that it might reach students who have not yet heard about it. We in the IOL often get complaints from too old students wishing they had known about this earlier, so please help us spread the word.

 Remember, participants do not all compete in English - they compete in the language of the national contest  - whichever that might be!
Australia
Australia
Team Australia is chosen through OzCLO, the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad. The first rounds have already happened.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Team Bulgaria is chosen through the Национална олимпиада по математическа лингвистика.
Canada
Canada
Team Canada is chosen through the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.
China
China
Team China is chosen through the 全国语言学奧林匹克竞赛.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The team of the Czech Republic is chosen through the Česká lingvistická olympiáda.
Hungary
Hungary
Team Hungary is chosen through the Magyar Nyelvészeti Diákolimpia.
India
India
Team India is chosen through the Panini Linguistic Olympiad.
Ireland
Ireland
The Irish team is chosen through the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad.
Ireland
Isle of Man
Information about the Isle of Man team can be found here.
Latvia
Latvia
Team Latvia is chosen through Latvijas Lingvistikas Olimpiāde.
Netherlands
Netherlands
Team Netherlands is chosen through the Taalkunde Olympiade.
Poland
Poland
Team Poland is chosen through the Olimpiada Lingwistyki Matematycznej.
Romania
Romania
Team Romania is chosen through Olimpiada Naţională de Lingvistică.
Russia
Russia
Team Russia is chosen through the Традиционная олимпиада по лингвистике.
Slovenia
Slovenia
Team Slovenia is selected based on the results of results of the Državno tekmovanje iz znanja logike.
Spain
Spain
Team Spain is chosen through the Olimpiada Lingüística de España (OLE).
Sweden
Sweden
The Swedish team is selected based on Lingolympiaden.
UK
UK
Team UK is chosen through the UK Linguistics Olympiad.
Ukraine
Ukraine
Team Ukraine is chosen through the Київська відкрита олімпіада з лінгвістики.
USA
USA
Team USA is chosen through the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.

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