Max Mangold

Max Mangold ( born May 8, 1922 in Basel ) is a German phoneticians Swiss origin.

He was interested early on linguistic issues and learned many languages ​​, such as also created by Dr. Ludwik Zamenhof Lejzer planned language Esperanto.

He studied in Basel, Geneva, Paris and London. After that he worked among others as an interpreter of the United Nations at the demarcation line between North and South Korea. Since 1957 he has worked at the University of the Saarland, most recently as a professor of phonetics, phonology and general linguistics.

Large notoriety Get Mangold by his transcriptions for various pronunciation dictionaries. He was responsible, for example, several editions of the pronunciation dictionaries.

He serviced numerous dissertations other publications, such as on dialects in the Saarland and Rhineland -Palatinate.