How will the other members of the Justice League cope with the loss of their leader? Published May 25, 2020 During a commentary for Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder revealed that Kryptonians were initially going to speak a wholly original dialect. In some continuities Kryptonians are difficult to clone because their DNA is so complex that human science is not advanced enough to decipher it. 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. The Kryptonian grammar is off in a couple of places, too but it's not terrible. 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. Arabic | However, in some continuations humans are not only able to reproduce with Kryptonians, but are able to create fertile offspring with them.[4]. Therefore, there were 734 Kryptonian days (1.676 Kryptonian years) between the two events. The two symbols found in the story of Kryptonian are glyphs and syllabic writing systems. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Kal-El is the first (and technically, last) naturally-born Kryptonian in centuries, as Jor-El and Lara believed that Krypton had lost the freedom of choice and wanted their son to choose to become who he wanted to be. In the episode "Gemini", a character muttering in an unconscious state is revealed to be speaking Kryptonian. However, Batman, opposed to Superman's methods, forms the Insurgency to overthrow the Regime. 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. Other Kryptonians not present at the time are the people of Kandor (who were abducted by Brainiac) and Zod and at least two of his minions (who are confined to the recently created Phantom Zone). 1 Almost all Kryptonians were killed when the planet exploded shortly after the infant Kal-El was sent to Earth. So what is to be done? Zack Snyder actually commissioned the creation of an artificial language for the Kryptonians in Man of Steel that we barely even see on screen. Survivors Virtually all Kryptonians perished when Krypton was destroyed due to the war with Zod. Unsurprisingly, they both learned English. Everything is round on Krypton. Schreyer began her journey quite young she has wanted to be an anthropologist since she was twelve. Many developments on a theatrical film adaptation of the 'Barsoom' series emerged in the 20th century. 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. Criminals are punished for capital crimes by having their bodies dispersed across the universe (the process is reversible, at least until a certain stage). 13. There is no one Kryptonian language, as the planet Krypton had many different cultures and languages. Towards the end of the season, after Dru and Ursas son from the future Lor-Zod frees them from the zone, they try to conquer Earth with their Kryptonian allies but fail and most are sent back to the Phantom Zone except Ursa who was saved by the Eye of Ekron and taken to Daxam and Lor-Zod who was killed. These interactions with fans of the Kryptonian language depict how interested people are in constructed languages, and Schreyer explains in the documentary that this interest can help languages that are endangered in real life. Failed clones of Superman (the mentally handicapped Bizarro and the monstrous Doomsday) and Supergirl (the sociopathic Galatea) are later created. 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. This is a conundrum that I have seen every depiction of Krypton struggle with. The exact number of days between February 29, and June 16 two years later, is 838 (or 2.294 years). Initially powerless due to their cells having been treated with blue kryptonite radiation, these clones later gain powers when Clark is forced to provide Zod with a sample of his blood to heal him after he is shot, Zod using this blood to empower his followers. Same here. They are artificially grown in "genesis chambers" using information from the Codex, a skull containing the entire genetic code of the Kryptonian race. So here is the official Kryptonian and just my own twist to make it easier to write because who wouldn't want to write in Kryptonian? I remember translating it and it was so cool to see what they said without them telling the translation. Unfortunately, the events in the DC Universe have shown that no two people are ever truly bulletproof. Kryptonian is Superman's second language. Consider that during their time in space, they probably encountered other species and used translation technology to broadcast in multiple languages simultaneously. 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. I also owe a lot of inspiration to Kevin J. Anderson's Last Days of Krypton for developing an understanding of how a race that had conquered interstellar travel could be completely doomed by the destruction of one planet. There's currently an estimated 7,100 different languages spoken on Earth. Snyder's idea to include a spoken Kryptonian language in Man of Steel is indeed an interesting prospect. Batman, his allies and the remaining Regime members manage to overload the shields protecting Brainiac's ship. Using the gender neutral forms, it is possible to write the words under the kryptonian name. In 2000 DC Comics introduced a transliteration alphabet containing Japanese | 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. 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. The world of Krypton was so well-imagined theres so much in there I feel that is not on-screen, said Schreyer. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=comics-kryptonian_alphabet How to submit a constructed script. English | Its a good idea to express your feelings about someone if youre sleeping well at night by saying i love you to the moon and back. Magical alphabets | Students will look at how languages become endangered, what people are doing to document and revitalize them, as well as how technology fits in. When Krypton was destroyed, it was thought that the entire Kryptonian race was destroyed. Turkish | The primary religion of New and K-Rovian societies, as well as the primary religion of the two kingdoms, is Rao-orthodox. The Light has Klarion hunt down all the Kryptonians in the zone and has the dozens of them in stasis aboard The Warworld with Apokolips acquiring Kara Zor-El as a member of their army. symbols for each of the letters of the English alphabet. :), nahn tiv girod i shokh w iazhrrimo i tiv iazhrrim, kypzhrrig rraopo w tiv raozh chao tiv zhrrig ran zuchadodh, kaoazhuhmodh rraopo w ki ,Kal,Ik, zw ugirahz w tiv shokh ju zhehdiv ehrosh, nahpaiuhsh zhehdiv threv nvadh ,Jazh,Ur, zhehdiv mehl kuhs, kaoazhuhmodh rraop w ki ,Jazh,Ur, zw ugirahzh w zhehdiv threv ju tiv shokh. 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Characters, character names, logos, and related indicia are of and DC Comics. Geminis scene, for example, only barely audibles as a result. He was also devoid of any Kryptonian minerals, because any such minerals would turn to kryptonite upon leaving Krypton's atmosphere. 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. Using Cree to create Kryptonian Schreyer then collaborated with fellow Canadian graphic designer Kirsten Franson to develop a Kryptonian script. 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. As Superman he forms the Justice League and befriends Batman. (function() { For the masculine form, one dot is used, and two for the feminine form. from the squiggles. More recently, however, we have "Kryptonese" (as Superman refers to it in.