What languages were spoken in Germany the 1900s?

German was the official language of the German Empire in the 1900s.

Low German, Low Saxon and Limburgish are closely related to Dutch and are mostly regarded as dialects of German, while most scholars consider Yiddish to be a separate language or a group of dialects of High German.

Additionally, there were several different languages spoken in the German Empire:

- Danish: spoken by the Danish minority in North Schleswig.

- Polish: spoken by the Polish minority in East Prussia and Upper Silesia.

- French: spoken by the French population in Alsace-Lorraine.

- Czech: spoken by the Czech minority in the Sudetenland and Bohemia.

- Kashubian: spoken in the eastern part of Pomerania by a minority of Kashubians.

- Romani: spoken by Romani communities throughout the country.

- Serbo-Croatian: spoken by migrants from the Balkans.