Phonetic/universal scripts | In Man of Steel, Kryptonians are depicted as a genetically-engineered race of beings. Fictional alphabets | In the animated film Superman: Unbound Brainiac abducted and shrunk the people of both Kandor and Argo City from Krypton. One of Astra's operatives, Vartox, was ordered to sabotage the Department of Extra-Normal Operations by causing a plane crash that was thwarted by Supergirl (when she realized her sister Alex Danvers, a DEO member, was on board), and to alert Astra that Kara survived the explosion and now has come into discovering her powers. There is a mixing of ideographic and alphabetic characters in the writing of the characters of the Kryptonian race. She is last shown flying with other Kryptonian survivors in the sky of a restored Kryptonian city. They also started referring to the language as 'Kryptonian'. In the Super Friends Kandor appears inside Superman's Fortress of Solitude in one episode and several of its miniaturized (yet still super-powered) inhabitants provide aid to the titular group of heroes. Learn from Jax-Ur who valued his name more than the truth. She has already managed to translate quite a few words and phrases. Wrong, explained Schreyer. Since Superman and. There is also a pantheon of 14 major dieties, 203 demigods, and over 1000 titans. It could be. Constructed scripts for constructed languages | The Kryptonians have had space travel and advanced technologies for 100,000 years. During those early days in her career, she studied the structure of words. It is written as a different language than English and is spoken as a second language. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. In Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, it was shown that a sizable Kryptonian colony (called New Krypton) has survived the destruction of the planet. Kryptonese automatically gets points because it's the only writing system on this list that's a syllabary, not an alphabet. Schreyers background in reviving and protecting endangered languages made her the perfect candidate to create an imaginary language with one big difference. How to submit a constructed script. However, given that Krypton is an advanced civilization, it is likely that they did indeed have their own language, and that English was not spoken on the planet. Copyright 19982023 Simon Ager | Email: | Hosted by Kualo, http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=comics-kryptonian_alphabet, Constructed scripts for constructed languages. The different Houses were also broken up into a loosely-based caste system as well. This was untrue the scientist Jor-El managed to send his newborn son, Kal-El, off-planet to Earth right before Krypton's demise. During Brainiac's attack on Metropolis, Supergirl witnesses Wonder Woman's brutal attack on their ally Harley Quinn after Harley tried to stop Wonder Woman from killing the Cheetah, as it violated Batman's no-killing policy. Members. In Superman: Man of Tomorrow the bounty hunter Lobo claims that Superman is the only survivor of Krypton's destruction. The Man of Steel. [The glyph creator] would ask you a series of four questions, like, do you have a good sense of morality, perception or adventure? Kind of like a little personality quiz, said Schreyer. The syllabic system used for writing is similar to Japanese hiragana and katakana, two popular Japanese forms. In some continuities Kryptonians are difficult to clone because their DNA is so complex that human science is not advanced enough to decipher it. The world of Krypton was so lavishly imagined by the production designer for Man of Steel that she gained important evidence from visiting the movie set and by studying other pre-existing texts. It is hoped that a decision by Warner Brothers will be made to release a Man of Steel Kryptonian primer. (http://i.imgur.com/k0308dW.jpg?1). and with the aid of Dabney Donovan, Tal-Rho used the Eradicator combined with X-Kryptonite to give those survivors physical bodies by having them possess inhabitants of Earth like inhabitants of Smallville like he did with his personal assistant Irma Sayres (who used the alias of Leslie Larr), his one-time minion David Fuglestad, and a select number of Smallville inhabitants. The animated adaptation of All-Star Superman features the inhabitants of Kandor, and a pair of surviving Kryptonian astronauts named Bar-El and Lilo. While the alphabet is used to write the majority of the language, the ideograph is largely used to represent its bound morphology (e.g., verb tenses, particles, and adpositions). Regardless of where Superman falls in the Justice League, every member of the team will take his death in stride. Although the language was never spoken in the film, the writing was featured prominently in most scenes set on Krypton. Sometimes it is a method to explain or resolve inconsistencies (or to simply pick a side). Superman and Supergirl work together to attack Brainiac's ship, but are stopped by its barrier. Students will look at how languages become endangered, what people are doing to document and revitalize them, as well as how technology fits in. In the first stories about Superman's origins, all Kryptonians possess on their homeworld the same powers Superman has on Earth. Superman is taken prisoner and Batman decides to imprison him in the Phantom Zone. Their environments have bred them for war, and they are the strongest animals on the planet. are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another I remember translating it and it was so cool to see what they said without them telling the translation. However, he later admits this was a ploy to negotiate a higher bounty on Superman and there are probably other surviving Kryptonians. Krypto was the family dog in Jor-El's home and was used for a test flight of the rocket that ultimately brought baby Kal-El to Earth. Her mother Alura rescues her from Brainiac's drones and reveals she and Jor-El have both been working to create two ships, one for Kara and the other for her baby cousin Kal-El. The result is a house glyph ingrained with meaning. A previous version of this article included an incorrect version of the Superman commemorative coins which Schreyer was not involved with. The Neanderthals have been pioneers in space travel and advanced technology since 100,000 years ago. Sometimes I'm like, is this a real e-mail? He was also devoid of any Kryptonian minerals, because any such minerals would turn to kryptonite upon leaving Krypton's atmosphere. I would like to hear more Kryptonian spoken (so far it's only on Supergirl a few lines and maybe somewhere else I'm not sure). In Season Six, Clark discovers his father's assistant Raya was spared by being placed in the Phantom Zone, with her body intact. Until then, all information on the language has been gleaned from a very small set of examples including mainly the Man of Steel movie tie-in book, and the Deep Space Radio Wave Project and the Glyph Creator websites which were launched as a promotional pieces for the movie. Even if we accept convergent evolution as the birth of another humanoid species, the idea that a superman would look like a white-haired, handsome guy is preposterous. On the Arrowverse television series Supergirl the official Kryptonian transliteration font is used for depictions of the Kryptonian language in various scenes throughout the series. Unless the producer/director is concerned about the actors accent, it is his or her prerogative to choose one. In the Arrowverse TV series Supergirl, another Kryptonian House was revealed, this one led by Alura Zor-El's twin sister, General Astra. The clones are relocated to a new world that they designate 'New Krypton' at the conclusion of Season Nine, with Clark Kent remaining on Earth and Zod being sent to the Phantom Zone to merge with his original self when the clones learn that Zod killed his lover Faora for objecting to his plans. Kal-Ik was an advisor to Jax-Ur who warned him of his hubris and not to overstep his bounds (and was killed for it) which is what eventually got Jax-Ur killed after he destroyed the moon, the forces opposing him set aside their own differences and banded together to bring him to a swift end. Does the Mint really want to make coins? said Schreyer. By introducing the idea of the Kryptonians speaking their own language, Kal-El would be made even more of an outsider. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; Consider that during their time in space, they probably encountered other species and used translation technology to broadcast in multiple languages simultaneously. On the planet Krypton, whose parent star has often been depicted as an ancient red supergiant with a relatively low energy output, their natural abilities were the same as humans. In the process, an increasing amount of logographic components have been added with symbols that have been explained to represent words, ideas, or names. Same here. However, Batman, opposed to Superman's methods, forms the Insurgency to overthrow the Regime. However, in some continuations humans are not only able to reproduce with Kryptonians, but are able to create fertile offspring with them.[4]. Her shield featured a "Q" on her uniform, indicating that besides her niece Kara, she and her house survived the destruction of Krypton, along with the Kryptonian prisoners sentenced by Alura (and who are working under Astra) that crash-landed on Earth via the prison ship Fort Rozz. The society is highly pragmatic and the Kryptonians seen were surprised and displeased with Clark's unwillingness to kill. In the episode "Gemini", a character muttering in an unconscious state is revealed to be speaking Kryptonian. Kryptonian alphabet appears on the TV show Smallville. In other versions of canon, there is a last daughter of Krypton Kara Zor-El. Kal-El can lead an alter ego as Clark Kent because Kryptonians appear identical to humans. In the future, the citizens of Krypton are humans. While many Kryptonians wear brightly colored clothes on a daily basis, formal occasions such as funerals and certain council meetings require everyone to wear white. an artificial language for the Kryptonians in Man of Steel. Kara also mentions a rumor that Kandor survived the destruction of their home planet but it is never revealed whether this is true. There is no one Kryptonian language, as the planet Krypton had many different cultures and languages. In Smallville, Clark Kent initially believes himself to be the last survivor of Krypton. But it's a lot further from completion than the other versions since it was barely used or seen. History With the destruction of Krypton, it is largely considered a dead language, though it is still primarily spoken by those who have survived the planetary catastrophe, specifically, the residents of "New Krypton" and the denizens of the Phantom Zone. For the beginning of the truth is the beginning of the Girod. Zack Snyder originally had the idea to create a whole fictional Kryptonian language for Man of Steel, though it's far better that he decided not to. When exposed to a young yellow star like Earth's Sun, which is much smaller than their own sun and with a vastly higher energy output, their bodies are able to absorb and process so much energy that it manifests as vast superhuman powers (such as superhuman strength, superhuman speed, invulnerability, flight, x-ray vision, heat vision and superhuman senses). Female Kryptonians have one given name but take their father's name as their last name. As such they possess similar powers and abilities to traditional Kryptonians when exposed to a yellow sun. I love Languages are trademarks or registered trademarks of the George Lucas Educational Foundation in the U.S. and other countries. You can build on the knowledge and wisdom that it provides. While "Superperson" sounds pretty lame in English, it sounds perfectly fine in Kryptonian. They just used this alphabet to Superman learnt how to speak English from his adoptive parents and school: If your question meant "D. However, there are a few Kryptonian words that have become popular in popular culture. 27. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; I remember reading about it. Unlike in the comics, the main clothing color seen is black. For example, an L-shaped symbol denotes the consonant m when used with the vowel a. This same symbol flips upside down when m is used with i, upside down and backwards when m is used with e and backwards when m is used with o., They had already decided that the numbers were going to flip The Kryptonian counting system flips pieces of the shield shape the glyph that Superman wears on his chest and then rotates that into different numbers. After being separated from Earth by a culture that evolved completely outside of them, they speak perfect English but dont speak in a language theyve never heard of. Throughout the site you will encounter facts and references to Kryptonian culture and history; Although I try to rely on existing canon as much as possible, much of this material has been created by me for various reasons. Kal-El. Being on set while making the language brought Schreyer physically to the land of Krypton as imagined, and helped her make decisions when forming new words and the writing system. Visit Dr. Schreyer's own Kryptonian page for links to more interviews and information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonian written using this transliteration alphabet to replace the native alphabet with a one-to-one correspondence, in a similar fashion to Interlac in Legion of Super-Heroes. The style of these depictions has since evolved over the life of the series from decipherable transliterated writing to a more stylized (and indiscernible) form. Kryptonian culture and its language (well, its writing, at least) have appeared in many different forms and places over the 75 years of Superman's history. Batman and Supergirl manage to infiltrate the ship, but Supergirl is captured, though Batman discovers that Superman is still alive and the two join forces to defeat Brainiac and free Supergirl. For now you can see her work-in-progress on this Google Doc.