Department of Linguistics
North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO)
NACLO 2025 Open Round Competition | January 23, 2025 at Fresno State
NACLO Invitational Round | March 13, 2025 at Fresno State
Students who qualify in the open round competition will be eligible to compete in
the NACLO Invitational Round, which will be held on March 13, 2025, and students who qualify
in the NACLO invitational round will be eligible to compete in the International Linguistics
Olympiad to be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2025.
NACLO.org
About NACLO
NACLO is a fun contest for high school students who are interested in solving linguistic
puzzles. Through these puzzles, students are introduced to the diversity and consistency of
language, while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary. Winners of NACLO are eligible to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad.
Professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies
use dozens of languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting edge issues
in their fields. The competition has attracted top students to study and work in those
same fields. It is truly an opportunity for young people to experience a taste of
natural-language processing in the 21st century.