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PRIL
Panini Linguistics Olympiad
HBCSE Stage-1 linguistics olympiad. Self-contained linguistic puzzles in unfamiliar languages — no prior linguistic knowledge needed. Solved by pattern recognition.
मुफ़्त PRIL मॉक टेस्ट, तुरंत स्कोर के साथ — अभी शुरू करें।
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Agglutinative MorphologyTurkish 'ev-ler-im-de' means 'in my houses'. What is the correct morpheme breakdown?
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सिलेबस के 5 सवाल — देखें आप कहाँ खड़े हैं।
यह आपकी परीक्षा बन जाएगी: आपके आने के बाद वाली सुबहों में Daily 5 ईमेल, और स्ट्रीक, लाइव टेस्ट, परीक्षा, रिज़ल्ट के दिन या एक हफ़्ता न आने पर ईमेल। हर ईमेल में अनसब्सक्राइब लिंक है।
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PRIL — अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले सवाल
क्या PRIL की तैयारी के लिए Shishya मुफ़्त है?
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मॉक टेस्ट
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PRIL — Quick Practice
FULL20 प्रश्न · 180 मिनट
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Morphology
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What can I get from PRIL?
Mock-score → expected rank → likely outcome. Use the mocks below to find your current band, then plan how many marks you need to climb.
Top 50 — IOL medal prospects
95–100% · Rank 1 – 50
- •National top performer recognition
- •IOL India team member (4 students selected annually from top ~50-100)
- •Strong medal prospect at International Linguistics Olympiad — India has won gold, silver, bronze in recent years
- •Featured in linguistics education publications and media
- •Direct pathway to research collaboration with CIEFL, IIT-Delhi Linguistics, IISc CLS faculty
- •Highly competitive profile for international undergraduate admissions (MIT BCS, Stanford Symbolic Systems, etc.)
- •Alumni network access to global computational linguistics community
Top 200 — IOL India team likely
90–95% · Rank 50 – 200
- •Outstanding Achievement recognition
- •Very strong candidate for 4-member IOL India team (selected from approximately top 100-150)
- •Invitation to intensive IOL preparation bootcamp
- •Profile competitive for international linguistics olympiads and competitions
- •Direct mentorship from previous IOL medalists
- •Consideration for research assistantship at university linguistics labs
All-India top 1000 — IOL training
82–90% · Rank 200 – 800
- •Gold Medal tier (approximately top 3-5%)
- •High probability of IOL India team selection camp invitation
- •Direct outreach from linguistics departments (IIT-Delhi Humanities, IISc CLS)
- •Strong boost for international undergraduate applications in cognitive science
- •Potential scholarship consideration at linguistics-focused institutions
- •Networking with India's top linguistics educators and researchers
Top 10% — IOL contention
70–82% · Rank 800 – 3,000
- •Certificate of High Distinction
- •Strong candidate for IOL India team training camp
- •Consideration for advanced linguistics summer schools (CSSL, LSA)
- •Competitive profile for BA Linguistics at JNU, DU, EFL University
- •Mentorship opportunities with linguistic research groups
- •Recognition in linguistics community circles
Distinction level
55–70% · Rank 3,000 – 8,000
- •Certificate of Distinction (approximately top 30%)
- •Strong analytical reasoning in language structures
- •Eligible for IOAA (International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics) training camps at select centers
- •Profile boost for linguistics/cognitive science programs
- •Potential feeder for IOL (International Linguistics Olympiad) selection process
Merit Certificate range
35–55% · Rank 8,000 – 15,000
Participation level
0–35% · Rank 15,000+
AI-curated from historic cut-off patterns. Always verify with the latest official notification before making decisions.
News & timeline
See older updates →ताज़ा ख़बरें
Indian students achieved strong results at the 23rd International Linguistics Olympiad held in Bucharest, Romania. India won one gold medal, three bronze medals and received one Honourable Mention at the international competition.
Round 1 of PLO 2026 was held on 15 February 2026 with 525 registered students and 338 appearing. Top performers qualified for the Invitational Camp in Hyderabad and Round 2 selection.
IOL 2027 to be held in Bangkok, Thailand
90 दिन पहलेBangkok, Thailand has been selected to host the 24th International Linguistics Olympiad from July 21-28, 2027. PLO 2027 cycle will select India's team for this event.
महत्वपूर्ण तारीख़ें
PLO 2026 Round 1 results announced
बीत गयाSun, 15 Mar, 2026
आधिकारिकltrc.iiit.ac.in ↗Top performers invited to Invitational Camp at IIIT Hyderabad
🏅PLO 2026 Invitational Camp & Round 2 (expected)
बीत गयाअभी कोई आधिकारिक तारीख नहीं — परीक्षा की अनुमानित तारीख निकल चुकी है
अनुमानितUsually held April-May at IIIT Hyderabad; top 4 selected for Team India
🏅IOL 2026 - Bucharest, Romania
बीत गयाMon, 20 Jul, 2026
रिपोर्टेडioling.org23rd International Linguistics Olympiad; India won 1 gold, 3 bronze, 1 Honourable Mention
PLO 2027 Registration opens (expected)
39 दिन बादSun, 15 Nov, 2026
अनुमानितRegistration typically opens mid-November; fee Rs 1000
PLO 2027 Online registration closes (expected)
117 दिन बादMon, 1 Feb, 2027
अनुमानितUsually early February; spot registration also allowed
🏅PLO 2027 Round 1 exam (expected)
130 दिन बादSun, 14 Feb, 2027
अनुमानितTypically held mid-February; 4-hour offline exam at centres across India
🏅IOL 2027 - Bangkok, Thailand
287 दिन बादWed, 21 Jul, 2027
रिपोर्टेडioling.org24th International Linguistics Olympiad; July 21-28, 2027
सिलेबस
किसी भी टॉपिक पर टैप करें — नोट्स + 10 सवालों का टॉपिक टेस्ट
Phonology and Phonetics
Sound Inventories
Identifying the inventory of vowels and consonants in an unfamiliar language sample.
Phonological Alternations
Spotting rules where sounds change across forms (assimilation, deletion, vowel harmony).
Phonetic Transcription
Mapping IPA-like symbols to spoken forms using puzzle-given keys.
Stress and Tone
Predicting stress patterns or lexical tones from given paradigm data.
Morphology
Affixation Patterns
Identifying prefixes, suffixes and infixes from word-translation pairs.
Agglutinative Morphology
Decomposing long words into stem + many morphemes (Turkish, Swahili-style).
Fusional and Templatic Morphology
Untangling overlapping case/number/gender markers; root-and-pattern (Semitic-style) morphology.
Case and Agreement
Working out case-marking and noun-verb agreement systems from examples.
Verb Paradigms
Filling in tense, aspect, mood, person and number cells in a conjugation table.
Kinship Systems
Decoding kin terms — paternal/maternal, generation, gender, marriage relations.
Syntax
Word Order
Inferring SVO/SOV/VSO and modifier-order rules from translated sentences.
Alignment Systems
Distinguishing nominative-accusative vs ergative-absolutive marking from data.
Questions and Negation
Identifying how questions and negation are formed across sentences.
Embedded Clauses
Spotting how relative, complement and adverbial clauses are introduced and marked.
Sentence-Translation Matching
Matching unfamiliar sentences to English translations and explaining each pairing.
Semantics and Pragmatics
Numeral Systems
Bases (Decimal, Vigesimal, etc.)
Cracking number words built on bases other than 10 — base-20, base-12, mixed bases.
Numeral Composition Rules
Working out additive, multiplicative and subtractive numeral construction.
Large Numbers and Counting
Extending a numeral system to write/decode numbers beyond the given examples.
Writing Systems and Transliteration
Alphabets and Abjads
Decoding alphabetic and consonantal scripts from glyph-to-sound mappings.
Abugidas and Syllabaries
Working out syllable-based scripts (Brahmic, Ethiopic) and inherent-vowel rules.
Logographic Scripts
Reasoning over character composition — radicals, semantic and phonetic components.
Transliteration Tasks
Converting between scripts using mapping tables from the puzzle.