Puzzle Bank

14 August 2023

AILO Sample Puzzles

Category	Question	Solution	Language
Morphology	As Easy as 2,3,5	As Easy as 2,3,5 Solution	Japanese
	I Found and I was Happy	I Found and I was Happy Solution	Somali
	Kairak Verb Forms	Kairak Verb Forms Solution	Kairak, Papa New Guinea
	Zuni	Zuni Solution	Zuni, Native American
	As Easy as One,Two,Three (Again)	As Easy as One,Two,Three (Again) Solution	Slovenian
	Ilokano	Ilokano Solution	Ilokano (Philippines)
	Finished with Finnish	Finished with Finnish Solution	Finnish
	By hand and foot in Murrinhpatha	By hand and foot in Murrinhpatha Solution	Murrinhpatha (Australia)

Phonology	Maori Loanwords	Maori Loanwords Solution	Maori
	What would Sir Roy Say?	What would Sir Roy Say? Solution	English Dialect
	Trilingual Characters	Trilingual Characters Solution	Chinese/Japanese/Korean
	It’s All Greek to me	It’s All Greek to me Solution	Ancient Greek/ Modern Greek/English
	Malteaser	Malteaser Solution	Maltese
	Possible Evenki Words Phoenician Question	Possible Evenki Words Solution Phoenician Solution	Evenki (Mongolia/China) Phoenician
Phonology(Includes elements of Word Formation)	Pidgin not Pigeon	Pidgin not Pigeon Solution	Cameroonian Pidgin English

Syntax	Ye Olde English	Ye Olde English Solution	Old English
	Making a Mark in Choctaw	Marking a Mark in Choctaw Solution	Choctaw (Native American)
	Basqing in the Sun	Basqing in the Sun Solution	Basque
	Turkish Bath Time	Turkish Bath Time Solution	Turkish
	The house can’t eat you	The house can’t eat you Solution	Nung (Vietnam)
	Learning Yidiny	Learning Yidiny Solution	Yidiny (Australia)
	Hungarian Rocks	Hungarian Rocks Solution	Hungarian
	A case of Pali	A case of Pali Solution	Pali (Ancient India)
	Up the Creek for Firewood	Up the Creek for Firewood Solution	Pitjantjatjara (Australia)
	Do you speak Ndebele	Do you speak Ndebele Solution	Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
	Lopit or hate it	Lopit or hate it Solution	Lopit (Sudan)
	Watch that cow Slovenian Question Warlpiri Question Tshiluba Question Welsh Mutations	Watch that cow Solution Slovenian Solution Warlpiri Solution Tshiluba Solution Welsh Mutations Solution	Hebrew Slovenian Warlpiri Tshiluba Welsh
Syntax (Includes elements of writing system)	Georgia’s always on the mind 2	Georgia’s always on the mind 2 Solution	Georgian
	Lalana	Lalana Solution / Lalana Extra Solution	Lalana (Native Mexican)

Word Formation (Includes elements of syntax)	Georgia’s always on the mind 2	Georgia’s always on the mind 2 Solution	Georgian
Writing Systems	Elder Futhark Runes	Elder Futhark Runes Solution	Old Norse
	Read and Write Nepali	Read and Write Nepali Solution	Nepali
	Malay	Malay Solution	Malay
	Lontara	Lontara Solution	Buginese (Indonesia)
	Cippus Abellanus	Cippus Abellanus Solution	Oscan (related to Latin)
	Writing up in Hanunó’o	Writing up in Hanunó’o Solution	Hanunó’o (Philippines)
	Visible Speech	Visible Speech Solution	English
	Phàasàa and Pháasaă	Phàasàa and Pháasaă Solution	Shan/Lao (South East Asia)

Grammar Formalism	Transitions	Transitions Solution	English

Morphosyntax	Free the Friulian Three	Free the Friulian Three Solution	Friulian (related to Italian)
	Big dog, old bull, strong horse	Big dog, old bull, strong horse	Danish/ Swedish

Counting System and Notation	Palmyrene	Palmyrene Solution	Palmyrene (ancient Aramaic)

Telling the Time	What’s the Time in Tallinn? Sami Time	What’s the Time in Tallinn? Solution Sami Time Solution	Estonian Sami

Kinship Terms	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Solution	Hawaiian

Morpho-phonemics	Harmongolian	Harmongolian Solution	Mongolian

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