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There are many different kinds of plants on our planet which can be divided into three main types: herbaceous, woody and climbing plants. Among them, more than 300,000 species have been found and recorded. Plants play an important role to other living things as plants can produce their own food and release oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Apart from breathing the oxygen, other living things have to obtain energy by eating plants or other organisms that eat plants for survival. Besides, plants are also homes of many living creatures. For humans, plants provide raw and processed materials as well for their use, such as timbers, firewood, oils, rubbers, fibers, dyes, medicine, etc. Connect to the MMIS to find out more.

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The Nordic Languages refer to languages spoken in the northernmost region of Europe, which include Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and their autonomous territories – Greenland, Åland and Faroe Islands. People in the region have much in common in history and culture, shared similar words in language and sometimes mutually understand each other, but each language is distinctly different from the other. Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Finnish are all official national languages.

Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic are North Germanic language, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages. They are further divided into western and eastern branches, with Norwegian and Icelandic on the one hand, and Danish and Swedish on the other. Finnish belongs to other language family - the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family.

Interested users could go to the Language Learning Centre of the Hong Kong Central Library to find out more about the Nordic Languages.

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There are many different kinds of plants on our planet which can be divided into three main types: herbaceous, woody and climbing plants. Among them, more than 300,000 species have been found and recorded. Plants play an important role to other living things as plants can produce their own food and release oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Apart from breathing the oxygen, other living things have to obtain energy by eating plants or other organisms that eat plants for survival. Besides, plants are also homes of many living creatures. For humans, plants provide raw and processed materials as well for their use, such as timbers, firewood, oils, rubbers, fibers, dyes, medicine, etc. Connect to the MMIS to find out more.

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