What languages other than english were used in 1908, in America?

Question: What languages other than english were used in 1908, in America!?

Please list your sources I'm trying to find out different ones that may have been spoken!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Spring Grove!. Minnesota, where Norwegian was spoken:

http://www!.naha!.stolaf!.edu/pubs/nas/volu!.!.!.

Gaelic speakers (Irish and Scots) in the US!.

http://www!.uwm!.edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/v!.!.!.

Danish speakers in Elk Horn, Iowa

http://www!.danishmuseum!.org/LibraryGenea!.!.!.

Cajun French speaking persisted in Louisiana through much of the 20th Century

http://appl003!.lsu!.edu/artsci/frenchweb!.!.!.!.

I can identify towns where a lot of the following languages were spoken!. Finnish was spoken at Rock, Michigan and Esko, Minnesota!. Dutch was spoken at Pella,Iowa!. Czech was spoken at Spillville, Iowa and Protivin, Iowa!. Croatian and Slovenian were spoken in the "Iron Range," north of Duluth, Minnesota!. Basque was spoken in the sheepherding country around Bakersfield, Calif!. Cornish was spoken in the mining community of Mineral Point, Wisc!. The Swiss dialect was spoken at New Glarus, Wisconsin!. Greek was spoken at Ypsilanti, Michigan!.

People spoke German, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Welsh, Cornish, French, Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Luxembourgeois, Finnish, Scots Gaelic, Basque, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Russian, Hungarian, Yiddish Rumanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, etc!. in the US in 1908!.

In addition, Native American languages, such as Cherokee, Sioux, Iroquois, Navajo, Apache, Hopi, Meskwaki and others were spoken!.

There had been immigrants from almost everywhere, by that time!. That's why the US has been called a "Melting-Pot!."

During World War I, the speaking of foreign languages was strongly discouraged in schools and churches, although Catholic Latin was allowed, because it was an ancient language, and few people were fluent in it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Many in Wisconsin spoke German then!. Southern Door County had many Walloon speakers!. (Belgian heritage) Many Polish immigrants have Saturday school for their children as do many Chinese immigrants!.Www@QuestionHome@Com