morpheme
A language you have never seen, but just enough of it to work out the rest. That's the whole game.
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Past problems from NACLO, the linguistics olympiad. Each one is transcribed twice and checked against the original PDF. Flag anything that still looks wrong.
| Permyak | English |
|---|---|
| vərələn | of my forest |
| cerkulaɲ | towards the house |
| cerkuezliɕ | from the houses |
| vərrezlən |
Example of three rows from the 2023 exam. Work out the fourth.
How it works
- Hints cost XP
- You may unlock three per problem, in order. The first says where to look, while the last works a step through on ungraded data.
- Worked explanations
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- A clock you control
- Nothing runs on a timer unless you set one. When it runs out you get a banner but your answers keep working.