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No, that an error. The other Ptolemies more than likely had at least a minimal grasp of the Egyptian language. They were, as Pharaohs, responsible for certain religious services which were conducted in the Egyptian language. Cleopatra was the first Ptolemy to speak the Egyptian language in public.

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