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Which languages did Ramon Llull use in his writings?

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Ramon Llull was a prolific writer who utilized three primary languages in his works: Catalan, Arabic, and Latin.1

His writings in Catalan, such as the allegorical novels Blanquerna and Fèlix, were instrumental in the development of the language. Additionally, having acquired knowledge of Arabic from the Moorish population in Majorca, he incorporated that language into some of his texts to facilitate his missionary work and intellectual discourse. Much of his scholarly and theological output, including his principal work, the Ars magna, was composed in Latin, which was the standard language for academic and religious treatises of the era.1