- By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 2,095,537 | 70.10 | 1049032 | 1046505 |
| Yiddish | 394,774 | 13.21 | 191608 | 203166 |
| Polish | 184,161 | 6.16 | 90701 | 93460 |
| German | 171,331 | 5.73 | 84949 | 86382 |
| Russian | 104,889 | 3.51 | 63862 | 41027 |
| Czech | 27 670 | 0.93 | 13855 | 13815 |
| Tatar | 3 817 | 0.13 | 3703 | 114 |
| Belorussian | 3 794 | 0.13 | 2143 | 1651 |
| Other | 3 412 | 0.11 | 2 889 | 523 |
| Persons, that did not identified their native language |
97 | >0.01 | 61 | 36 |
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