Roman"" lang="EN-US">According to the 1910 census, the city had 26,006
inhabitants, of which 9,148 most frequently spoke Hungarian language,
8,934 Serbian languages, 6,811 German languages, 456 Slovak languages,
and 339 Romanian languages. The municipal area of the city had 54,715
inhabitants, of which 16,485 most frequently spoke German language, 14,445 Serbian
languages, 10,581 Romanian languages, 8,573 Hungarian languages, and
3,265 Slovak languages. It is not certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were
largest ethnic group in the city in this time, since 1910 census is considered partially
inaccurate by most historians because this census did not recorded the
population by ethnic origin or mother tongue, but by the "most frequently
spoken language", thus the census results overstated the number of
Hungarian speakers, since this was official language at the time and many
non-Hungarian native speakers stated that they most frequently speak Hungarian
language in everyday communication. The city was also home to 1,232 Jews,
of whom many were native Hungarian speakers. Another problem is that the city
and its municipal area were administered separately, thus the total population
of the city and its municipal area counted together was 80,721 people, of whom
23,379 most frequently spoke Serbian language, 23,296 German language,
17,721 Hungarian language, 10,920 Romanian language, and 3,721 Slovak
language.
After World War I, the city became part of the Kingdom
of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). In 1921,
