AICHELE, Walther Gustav Paul. Höhefeld, Wertheim near Stuttgart 27.1.1889 — Hamburg 1.5.1971. German Indonesian and Romani Scholar. Probably son of Johann Jacob Aichele (1863–1947) and Emilie Barbara Weiss. From 1913 studied theology and Oriental languages at Heidelberg, Halle and Freiburg. Ph.D. 1915 Heidelberg, From 1914 studied Indonesian under Otto Dempwolff at Hamburg. Participated in WW I, from 1919 diss. Hilfsarbeiter at Hamburg. PD 1946 Hamburg, from 1949-54 apl. Professor and from 1969 Honorarprofessor of Indonesian languages there. Married.
Publications: With M. Block: Zigeunermärchen. 19+344 p. Die Märchen der Weltliteratur. Jena 1926.
– Wrote on Indonesia and Old Javanese.
– Wrote on Malay, Indonesian and Old Javanese (“Bhujangga. Ein Beispiel für die Assimilierung indischen Sprachguts im indonesischen Denken”, Oriens Extr. 2, 1955, 109-120).
– “Die ursprünglich aspirierten Medien der Zigeunersprache”, Z. für Phonetik und allg. Sprachw. 10, 1957, 101-107.
Sources: C.C. Berg, BTLV 128, 1972, 200-213 (in Dutch, online in sciencedirect.com); parents in myheritage.com; German Wikipedia briefly.
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