AbstractData on position and lifetime of the photoluminescence band in Cd1−xMnxTe and Zn1−xMnxTe are reported for different manganese concentrationsx. The luminescence is due to intraatomic transitions within the manganese ions. The blue shift at low temperatures shows the typical behavior of an exchange dependent parameter. The lifetimes are in the microsecond range. At low temperatures the decay is dominated by the radiative lifetime with weak temperature dependence. In Zn1−xMnxTe the lifetime varies with manganese concentration, whereas in Cd1−xMnxTe the concentration dependence is insign