The 5th International Yi-Burmese Conference: a description

• Main Authors: Fu, Allan, Wu, Zhu
• Other Authors: Central Institute of Nationalities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179250
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Fifth International Yi-Burmese Conference (IYBC) was held August 1-5, 1991, in Xichang, capital of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Sichuan Province, China. It was the fifth international symposium on Yl-Burmese (= Lolo-Burmese) languages; the first four had been held in the United States and Sweden. The initiators of this conference were Professor Dot Qingxta (Director. Research Center for Minority Languages. Central Institute of Nationalities). Mr. Tian Xibao (Director. Office of Linguistic Work. National Committee on Minority Affairs). and Mr. Wu Jingzhong (Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Sichuan Research Institute on Minorities). Seventy-six people attended, including 17 from the United States, Japan. Sweden. Norway. and Hong Kong; the rest were from Beijing or the provinces of Sichuan. Yunnan. and Guizhou. Fifty-nine papers were submitted to the conference, but due to lack of time. only 51 of them were presented during the five-day period.