with around 400,000 speakers. Standard Bengali is spoken by a minority of British Bangladeshis and majority of West Bengalis. The Standardised variant of Bengali is used by the community as a whole particularly in media. Sylheti had been recognised as part of the list of native languages spoken by students in British schools, and some institutions such as the National Health Service (NHS) provide Sylheti translation services. Most common immigrant languages According to the 2021 census, English or Welsh was the main language of 91.1% of the residents of England and Wales. Among other languages, the most common were as follows. Polish 611,845 or 1.1% of speakers of other languages Romanian 471,954 or 0.8% Punjabi 290,745 or 0.5% Urdu 269,849 or 0.5% Portuguese 224,719 or 0.4% Spanish 215,062 or 0.4% Arabic 203,998 or 0.4% Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 199,495 or 0.3% Gujarati 188,956 or 0.3% Italian 160,010 or 0.3% Tamil 125,363 or 0.2% French 120,259 or 0.2% Lithuanian 119,656 or 0.2% Chinese 118,271 or 0.2% Turkish 112,978 or 0.2% Bulgarian 111,431 or 0.2% Russian 91,255 or 0.2% Persian 87,713 or 0.2% Hungarian 87,356 or 0.2% Greek 76,675 or 0.1% Second or additional languages Throughout the UK, many citizens can speak, or at least understand (to a degree where they could have a conversation with someone who speaks that language), a second or even a third language from secondary school education, primary school education or from private classes. 23% of the UK population can speak/understand French, 9% can speak/understand German and 8% can speak/understand Spanish. 38% of UK citizens report that they can speak (well enough to have a conversation) at least one language other than their mother tongue, 18% at least two languages and 6% at least three languages. 62% of UK citizens cannot speak any second language. These figures include those who describe their level of ability in the second language as "basic". Due to the dominance of modern English in media and business, English speakers have little exposure to foreign languages and media. Language teaching is compulsory in all English schools from the ages of 5 or 7. Modern and ancient languages, such as French, German, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Urdu, Mandarin, Russian, Bengali, Hebrew, and Arabic, are studied. Language teaching is compulsory from the ages of 11 or 12 in Scotland and Wales. Norman French and Latin Norman French is still used in the Houses of Parliament