[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Professor Sun Hongkai

[Elissa Ikeda]

He was an inspiring scholar, and I benefitted greatly from his work on
Anong and Nusu. I am grateful for him.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 5:03 AM Randy LaPolla <randy.lapolla at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some very sad news for our community:
> Professor Sun Hongkai, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has
> passed away. Born in 1934, his research on China’s minority languages
> covered more than 70 years. Attached is a Chinese summary of his
> contributions. I’ll post an English translation later.
> The last few years saw him largely bed-ridden from shingles, but he
> maintained his interest in the field, communicating by WeChat.
>
> Randy
>
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