Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Kryptonians are a highly culturally and technologically advanced people. The shape of the script itself reflects the connection of land and language so prevalent in Schreyers research. At least, as close any of us will ever get. As Superman he forms the Justice League and befriends Batman. Criminals are punished for capital crimes by having their bodies dispersed across the universe (the process is reversible, at least until a certain stage). Omniglot is how I make my living. The Phantom Zone also appears in one episode. A subreddit dedicated to the unofficial Kryptonian language project whose goal is the creation of a spoken and written Kryptonian language. Supermans S is an example of an ideogram that means hope. Its also the symbol for his house line, El. Schreyer and her team developed a series of glyphs embedded with deeper meaning that fans could generate for themselves online in a glyph creator. This is what were seeing and hearing from the characters point of view. Like in Smallville, a number of criminals imprisoned by the Kryptonians in the Phantom Zone are from other planets and have different powers from those of either Superman or Supergirl. The people of Argo City also survive Krypton's destruction due to an enemy field surrounding the city, although in most universes the city either dies out soon afterward or is captured and immersed into Kandor by Brainiac. The result is a house glyph ingrained with meaning. She is a cousin of Superman and known as Supergirl. 0.99 seconds per thrib (31,556,952 seconds/year * 1.37 years/amzet * one amzet/43,800,000 thrib), 1.65 minutes per dendar (525949.2 minutes/year * 1.37 years/amzet * one amzet/438,000 dendar), 2.74 hours per wolu (8765.82 hours/year * 1.37 years/amzet * one amzet/4,380 wolu), 1.14 days per zetyar (365.2425 days/year * 1.37 years/amzet * one amzet/438 zetyar). In Season Five, Clark discovers that the Disciples of Zod: Nam-Ek & Aethyr and a Kryptonian artificial intelligence: Brain-Interactive-Construct aka Brainiac arrive on Earth, serving Zod's trapped spirit. It's really fun not having to look at the subtitles or wonder what's being said and just being able to read the kryptonian text. Is there website that will allow me to send kryptonian text to someone over the internet? 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. 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. It's best they learn the 2nd most used language here. The show's final season reveals that Zor-El (who was unable to be at Argo City during Krypton's destruction) also survived by sending himself to the Phantom Zone as his planet was destroyed. Sometimes it is a method to explain or resolve inconsistencies (or to simply pick a side). However, after Brainiac's defeat, Superman and Batman argue over Brainiac's fate, leading to an end to their truce. Korean | Schreyer began her journey quite young she has wanted to be an anthropologist since she was twelve. The Kryptonian time units were defined as follows:[8], (Note: In the Kryptonian language, the suffix "o" indicates the plural form of a noun.). By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Unfortunately, the spoken language didnt make it into the film, even though the production team was thrilled to have Schreyers Kryptonian on-hand. This standardized alphabet was then used by DC Comics until John Byrne's 1986 "reboot" of the Superman universe.[7]. 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. UBC-Os Dr. Christine Schreyer an associate professor teaching anthropology and linguistics went to Krypton. J.R.R. I have been very much fascinated with what you were able to do with the language, taking it to the next level of complexity. This time, it was dipped into and removed from the container. Barsoomian is the constructed language of the fictional wise inhabitants of Mars. In Batman/Superman #2, the Dark Knight surprises Superman by revealing that he can speak the language of his alien homeworld. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); How to submit a constructed script. The film Supergirl shows inhabitants of Argo City who also survived by fleeing to a parallel dimension, including Superman's cousin Supergirl. And, thousands of years of cultural history would be preserved. If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. With the aid of the Justice League from another universe, the Regime is defeated and the Insurgency works to rebuild. Fictional race native to the planet Krypton. Same here. E. Nelson Bridwell / Al Turniansky Language (ca. Self-grown crystals, both natural and synthetic, which covered the vast majority of their planet's surface gave their homeworld a bluish hue when viewed from space and underlay Kryptonian technology. The Kryptonian grammar is off in a couple of places, too but it's not terrible. Yeah I'd think there would be a need for it, can't always go digital. Unsurprisingly, they both learned English. Schreyer has taught a course that examines constructed languages such as Star Trek's Klingon and the Na'vi language devised for 2009 film Avatar. http://www.langmaker.com/db/Kryptonian, A guide to the Kryptonian language The syllabic system used for writing is similar to Japanese hiragana and katakana, two popular Japanese forms. Kryptonian Spoken in the Superman universe within DC Comics, learning how to speak Kryptonian has 13,200 annual Google searches. The Kryptonian language has only been spoken one time in the entire series, when Casey Brock was babbling incoherently in what Bizarro identified as Kryptonian hex codes. In 2011, Warner Brothers approached Schreyer to develop the Kryptonian language for Man of Steel. It reminds me of Stargate SG-1, a seriously bad and seriously good parody of a really good alien movie (which never featured an English-speaking extraterrestrial). However, many less widely spoken languages are facing endangerment or extinction. Batman confronts the grieving Supergirl and reveals that Superman was once his friend. She has already managed to translate quite a few words and phrases. 73 zetyaro (Kryptonian days) per lorax (Kryptonian month). Click over to the Man of Steel Kryptonian Writing page for a detailed breakdown of the writing including a downloadable chart, as well as the phonology of the language. Add to that the many revisions and inconsistencies between . The writing system was tied to that, said Schreyer. I guess I did get to go to Krypton.. var _gaq = _gaq || []; "Kryptonian has never been spoken in a moviebut now there is a created language," says Schreyer, an assistant professor with the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences. You know, a lot of the changes I did to that alphabet for my writing system [PDF] (which is a full writing system and not just a font substitution) were based off of being able to hand-write the letters. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. In the season finale, Zod makes his first full bodied appearance on the series, along with a large number of other Kryptonians who are later revealed to be clones created as part of an old experiment. Female Kryptonians have one given name but take their father's name as their last name. In Supergirl's character ending, she joins Batman's Justice League, working with them to restore Kandor and cities collected by Brainiac. Thank you so much for your comment, I'm a huge fan of your work! This shield is worn on the right shoulder. It is written as a different language than English and is spoken as a second language. In 2000 DC Comics introduced a transliteration alphabet containing Kal-El is raised on Earth as Clark Kent and becomes Superman. Zack Snyder has revealed that Kryptonians were originally not going to speak English but have their own language in Man of Steel. An opportunity to show my tattoo!] I already had an idea of rotating numbers, and so when I saw and heard that I thought of the rotating syllabics of Cree.. Jor-El launched the Phantom Zone projector into space on 30 Ogtal 10000. })(); For the 2013 film, Man of Steel, linguistic anthropologist Christine Schreyer was brought in to develop a new and unique writing system and spoken language for Krypton, unrelated to any previous depictions of Kryptonian. Sometimes seeming incompatibilities can be resolved beautifully, but sometimes the effort leaves you fuming over DC's many reboots. The severe xenophobia of Kryptonian society conveniently explains Kal-El's being the first Kryptonian to leave the planet. In Man of Steel, Kryptonians are depicted as a genetically-engineered race of beings. Using the gender neutral forms, it is possible to write the words under the kryptonian name. 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. Shes also become a filmmaker in her own right, appearing as executive producer on a documentary about con-langing (constructed languages). The child was attached to Clark's ship in the form of a cocoon; on Earth it assumed a human form and became known as Davis Bloome, but would periodically assume its true form: the monster Doomsday. The goal of the language project was to create a working Kryptonian language accommodating and reconciling as much of the Superman canon as possible. 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. The fictional planet of Superman, birthplace of Superman, is known as the fictional planet of Kryptonian or Kryptonese. })(); This website is home to the unofficial Kryptonian language project started in 2003 by Darren Doyle, and has grown to encompass information on all the various depictions of Kryptonian. To be fair, though, a better translation into Kryptonian would use the gender-neutral word for person, Sed. When it comes to subtitles, most fans prefer that to having to understand a foreign language or having to read multiple subtitles. However, he later admits this was a ploy to negotiate a higher bounty on Superman and there are probably other surviving Kryptonians. *"and where we had thought to bealone, we shall be with all theworld.". 146. Superman wears this same symbol on his costume, which therefore serves a dual purpose: it displays his Kryptonian heritage, as well as functioning as the "S" for Superman. Our accents are now considered British in the EU, with Imperial Standard speech being spoken as such. In Young Justice, it was believed Superman (Kal-El) was the sole survivor of Kryptons destruction by its exploding star Rao with exceptions being his half-Kryptonian, half-human clone Superboy and his son with Lois Lane Jonathan. Unless the producer/director is concerned about the actors accent, it is his or her prerogative to choose one. They also started Superman and Supergirl work together to attack Brainiac's ship, but are stopped by its barrier. I left my 'comfortable' job on Facebook to fulfill my dream - educating people worldwide. I remember reading about it. The entire cast of Superman 1 and 2 had British accents, including Jor-El and Lara, the council of judges, Zod and Ursa, as well as Superman 1. The Daxamites remain that way up through the 31st century. Supergirl saves Harley's life and confronts her cousin at the Fortress of Solitude. Consider in all of that time in space they surely have come across other species and utilized translation technology allowing them to broadcast in multiple languages simultaneously. 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. You can build on the knowledge and wisdom that it provides. What will happen now that Superman is dead? 100 thribo (Kryptonian seconds) per dendar (Kryptonian minute). Supergirl and the Regime try to break Superman out of prison, but are stopped by Batman and his allies, though Batman decides to release Superman, calling a temporary truce between the Regime and the Insurgency to combat Brainiac. In ancient times, they were a race in the midst of an era of expansion, travelling to other worlds via scout ships in order to colonize them. This phrase (assumably) derives from something more formal and grammatical, such as have sweet dreams or sweet dreams to you, so the next few words will have variations. Yes, Superman is fluent in the English language as well as some others (Superman speaking English) "Is it one of his kryptonian powers?" No. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=comics-kryptonian_alphabet 27. Dr. Schreyer teamed up with graphic designer Kirsten Franson who designed the look of the writing.