The language spoken by Cleopatra dates back to ancient Egypt.
Cleopatra . The Ptolemies spoke Greek throughout their dynasty , and refused to speak Egyptian , which is the reason that Greek as well as Egyptian languages were used on official court documents such as the Rosetta Stone . By contrast , Cleopatra did learn to speak Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis . The Egyptian language was spoken in ancient Egypt and was a branch of the Afroasiatic languages .