[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] Professor Sun Hongkai

[Dominic Yu]

I'm so sad to hear this! Prof. Sun was the one who, in his office in 2008, set me on the circuitous path to eventually meet my Lizu language consultants, supplying me with an offprint of his sketch of Lizu (or, as he called it, the western dialect of Ersu). May he rest in peace.

> On Aug 18, 2024, at 10:50 PM, Elissa Ikeda <elissa.ikeda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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