Fans (including Schreyer) were holding out for a fully-developed Kryptonian dictionary that Warner Brothers had hinted at making possible, but the DC Universe has since moved on. 1950s-1985): This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 21:28. 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. Zack Snyder's original plan to introduce a spoken Kryptonian language in Man of Steel actually would have made the film's problems much worse. So what does Kryptonian sound like? In the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse movie, a mix of gibberish and Esperanto is used to depict Kryptonian dialogue spoken by both Superman and Supergirl. I guess I did get to go to Krypton.. I think I also taught myself because of Smallville. Using Cree to create Kryptonian Schreyer then collaborated with fellow Canadian graphic designer Kirsten Franson to develop a Kryptonian script. 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. This standardized alphabet was then used by DC Comics until John Byrne's 1986 "reboot" of the Superman universe.[7]. It is written as a different language than English and is spoken as a second language. 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). In Injustice: Gods Among Us, General Zod appears as a DLC character, though he plays no role in the game's story. I remember translating it and it was so cool to see what they said without them telling the translation. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Failed clones of Superman (the mentally handicapped Bizarro and the monstrous Doomsday) and Supergirl (the sociopathic Galatea) are later created. Superman learnt how to speak English from his adoptive parents and school: If your question meant "D. 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. Kryptonians are a highly culturally and technologically advanced people. The Kryptonians find themselves at the mercy of Brainiac's forces and Kara Zor-El barely escapes the destruction of Argo City. "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. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); [1] Some stories also maintain that Kryptonians have bioelectric fields that surround their bodies and protect them from harm[2] and which are the means by which Kryptonians fly. These three were the surviving Kryptonians, who became Earth's heroes. symbols for each of the letters of the English alphabet. [Yay! Kryptonian is a little like Japanese, with both an older system of symbols or glyphs akin to kanji, as well as a syllabic writing system similar to hiragana and katakana. Visit Dr. Schreyer's own Kryptonian page for links to more interviews and information. The Religious, Artist, Military and Science castes had representation on the ruling council, while the Worker caste did not. Rereading this, the text is pretty lame but it was for an electronic comp class in college. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'omniglot_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_0',141,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-omniglot_com-medrectangle-4-0'); Information about the Kryptonian alphabet and fonts This remark appears to prove untrue in Superman II, as prisoners of the Phantom Zone, such as General Zod, also survive the destruction of Krypton. Supergirl notes that while she could not save her cousin, it will not stop her from trying to bring people hope. Although the language was never spoken in the film, the writing was featured prominently in most scenes set on Krypton. There is a mixing of ideographic and alphabetic characters in the writing of the characters of the Kryptonian race. She suggested using the Cree Syllabics writing. In subsequent films, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), the writing can be seen on several places on Superman's suit, most prominently on the "S"/"hope" symbol on his chest. 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. All such writing appearing in the comic books is actually just the language of publication (English in the US and UK, French in France, etc.) (http://i.imgur.com/k0308dW.jpg?1). Similarly, the syllabic writing system produces a script based on the syllables present in the text being translated. Unlike in the comics, the main clothing color seen is black. AIR Awareness Outreach; AIR Business Lunch & Learn; AIR Community of Kindness; AIR Dogs: Paws For Minds AIR Hero AIR & NJAMHAA Conference She is still hopeful this may be an option in the future as the franchise develops. Clark had to go to the colony as its official ruler, but returned to Earth soon after. The 2021 television series Superman & Lois featured characters speaking the Doyle version of Kryptonian in the season 1 episodes Man of Steel, Loyal Subjekts, and O Mother, Where Art Thou?. The Kryptonians have had space travel and advanced technologies for 100,000 years. There is also a pantheon of 14 major dieties, 203 demigods, and over 1000 titans. 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. Female Kryptonians have one given name but take their father's name as their last name. Sometimes seeming incompatibilities can be resolved beautifully, but sometimes the effort leaves you fuming over DC's many reboots. The language appears in writing In the process, an increasing amount of logographic components have been added with symbols that have been explained to represent words, ideas, or names. 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. In the majority of languages, the alphabet is the primary form of expression. It is also seen as a sad, scary, ghostly, faded colour as is depicted in many similar cultures around the world on Earth. Krypton has the events that trigger Krypton's destruction being stopped by a time-traveler, something which is never undone before the show's cancellation, allowing the planet's whole population to survive what would have destroyed them. No one can answer all of these questions. I remember reading about it. 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. Argo City is destroyed during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, but is resurrected following the Anti-Monitor's defeat. Japanese | [The documentary] is about people who make languages, not just for Hollywood, but people who make them as hobbies and have for 30 or 40 years and why people make them and people who learn these languages, said Shreyer. Zod, Faora and Nam-Ek). This class on endangered languages and language documentation will include a community project with the Splatsin First Nation, whom Schreyer has been working with since 2008. Later, it is revealed that another Kryptonian, the scientist Dax-Ur, has been living on Earth for over a hundred years, using blue kryptonite to render himself powerless, and has even fathered a son with his human wife. The Kryptonian society, as described in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (at least, according to what was seen of its surviving colony) is ruled by aristocracy. Shes also become a filmmaker in her own right, appearing as executive producer on a documentary about con-langing (constructed languages). Adaptations of existing alphabets | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonian "The Kryptonese Alphabet: A Real-World Historical Tale", in Eury, Michael. Arabic | 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. 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. Christine Schreyer, who spent years teaching courses on constructed languages such as Star Treks Klingon and Avatars Navi, is one of the first to create her own. The data from the ship was retrieved on Earth and used by the ship to learn more about the languages spoken on Earth, including English. in the Superman comics at first as random squiggles. When you see that in the comics, it's just English (or German or French or whatever the language of publication is) written with the Kryptonian font rather than the Roman alphabet. The mechanics of the writing system (an abugida), as well as the Kryptonian language that it depicts (which was not spoken in the film), were created by Dr. Christine Schreyer, a linguistic anthropologist and assistant professor of anthropology working at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Yes, Superman is fluent in the English language as well as some others (Superman speaking English) "Is it one of his kryptonian powers?" No. A rip in space-time transports Kal-El to an alternate universe in which he is transported. Great simplification! In the future, the citizens of Krypton are humans. It could be. She was recently the language creator for the Power Rangers movie, and was on-set during the filming of the very first scene where Brian Cranston and Elizabeth Banks speak Eltarian. As in the comics, Kal-El's powers are depicted as being superior to other Kryptonians, due to his spending a far greater period of time exposed to Earth's yellow sun and atmosphere, though some have an advantage over him in terms of combat experience (e.g. A pictographic crest or symbol represents each Kryptonian family, or House; the head of the House usually wears it. Kryptonians General Zod and Ursa are among the many criminals had been imprisoned within the Phantom Zone prior to Krypton's destruction and even went on to have a child, who would later be adopted as Christopher Kent. As Earths resources run out, humans are sent to the planet of Kyanfrost to stay and continue humanity there. 27. This was untrue the scientist Jor-El managed to send his newborn son, Kal-El, off-planet to Earth right before Krypton's demise. A universal translator on Star Trek would translate the spoken word enlish rather than making it appear that the speaker was speaking English. 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. Supermans death has left many people, including the Justice League, in a state of shock. The New 52 introduces a survivor named H'El, a Kryptonian clone who piloted a prototype of the rocket Jor-El uses to save his son and departed Krypton with the planet's historical records. For example, Kal-El's mother is named Lara Lor-Van, taken from her father's name (Lor-Van). In Legion of Super Heroes, the citizens of Kandor, Superman and his clone Superman-X, might all be considered surviving Kryptonians. Phonetic/universal scripts | Kryptonian law did not believe in capital punishment. Settling of noble disputes by private duels is fully legal (although highly uncommon) and apparently gives advantages in terms of reputation.
