Ulaanbaatar
President played voice recordings of famous Mongolists’ speeches
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The President of Mongolia gave an opening address to the 11th International Mongolian Studies Conference on Monday, which is being held under his auspices. He let the gathered listen to the voice recordings of old presentations made by renowned Mongolists B.Rinchen, Ts.Damdinsuren, Sh.Luvsanvandan and Yu.N.Roerich.
The presentations were about “Tale of Bens” by B.Rinchen, Tibetan words that entered Mongolian vocabulary by Ts.Damdinsuren, Mongolian words in Tibetan vocabulary by Roerich and the Meaning of Mongolian Dialects by Sh.Luvsanvandan.
These scholars have played key roles in founding the international conference. The International Conference on Mongolian Language and Script, which was established by them, has been expanded to become the International Mongolian Studies Conference that is organized every five years.
On the first ever conference, held in 1959 in Ulaanbaatar, 34 presentations were discussed by some 40 scholars from 15 countries, including the USA, Poland, Hungary, Finland, India and Japan.
