Settling of noble disputes by private duels is fully legal (although highly uncommon) and apparently gives advantages in terms of reputation. 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. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; six zetyaro (Kryptonian days) per fanff (Kryptonian week). var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); The Man of Steel. On Earth-Two, the Kryptonian Val-Zod (Superman) survive Krypton, along with Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr (Supergirl). And in SUPERGIRL #8 we learn that he is self-conscious about his accent around native speakers, such as his cousin Supergirl. Kara In-Zee, alias Supergirl, is the lone survivor of Argos, Krypton's sister planet knocked out by the planet's explosion; however, in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Fearful Symmetry", Doctor Emil Hamilton, who has examined Superman, calls her DNA "Kryptonian", indicating that Argosians are genetically related to Kryptonians. Thank you so much for your comment, I'm a huge fan of your work! If you've heard about how his suit was a little different in BvS, with a Joseph Campbell quote* sewn in, it's in this new alphabet and language. 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. Aug. 24, 2017. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Kal-El can lead an alter ego as Clark Kent because Kryptonians appear identical to humans. For the beginning of the truth is the beginning of the Girod. I already had an idea of rotating numbers, and so when I saw and heard that I thought of the rotating syllabics of Cree.. Zack Snyder actually commissioned the creation of an artificial language for the Kryptonians in Man of Steel that we barely even see on screen. Schreyer has happily fielded emails from fans who want to get tattoos in the syllabic writing system, which she responds to when she has time and a word that answers the request. 100 dendaro (Kryptonian minutes) per wolu (Kryptonian hour). A subreddit dedicated to the unofficial Kryptonian language project whose goal is the creation of a spoken and written Kryptonian language. Alex McDowell production designer for Man of Steel is famous for developing these really intense worlds with so much backstory to them There was so much culture and land that I got to see. (http://i.imgur.com/k0308dW.jpg?1). Supergirl compares his methods to General Zod's and briefly fights Superman and his allies, though Brainiac's attack forces them to focus on dealing with him first. Ben Dane. J.R.R. The writing can be seen in several places on Superman's suit in the subsequent films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017). Schreyer was fascinated by the fact that in Cree, some syllables flip based on how they are being used. Great simplification! Linguistically speaking I'm guessing they just made it simple since they were English writers. It is also seen as a sad, scary, ghostly, faded colour as is depicted in many similar cultures around the world on Earth. Supergirl reveals to Batman the House of El's S symbol is supposed to be a symbol of hope; though her cousin turned it into a symbol of fear, Batman, however, states that its meaning is determined by the one who wears it and tells her of how he and Superman used to fight for justice as members of the Justice League, before offering her a chance to do the same, having earned Batman's trust. He was also devoid of any Kryptonian minerals, because any such minerals would turn to kryptonite upon leaving Krypton's atmosphere. Shes also always been interested in Indigenous peoples, and completed a directed study on the Cree language during her undergraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg. I remember translating it and it was so cool to see what they said without them telling the translation. Batman, his allies and the remaining Regime members manage to overload the shields protecting Brainiac's ship. I put the file here if you want to listen. Batman confronts the grieving Supergirl and reveals that Superman was once his friend. 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. 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. First Barsoom story serialized under the Moons of Mars in 1912 and published as a novel 'A Princess of Mars' in 1917. The stories also use "Kryptonian" as an adjective to refer to anything created by or associated with the planet itself or the cultures that existed on it. 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. Therefore, there were 734 Kryptonian days (1.676 Kryptonian years) between the two events. He reveals that all the cities have been restored and Earth is once again under the control of the Regime. [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. Learn from Jax-Ur who valued his name more than the truth. Under the guidance of Zeta-Rho's A.I. six loraxo (Kryptonian months) per amzet (Kryptonian year). In other versions of canon, there is a last daughter of Krypton Kara Zor-El. Then during the 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. I think I also taught myself because of Smallville. Presumably they'd have needed to write on Krypton as well, though perhaps as in Star Wars there's no paper Ha- a particular fantasy of mine is to hear a choral Superman theme sung in Kryptonese. Kara also mentions a rumor that Kandor survived the destruction of their home planet but it is never revealed whether this is true. This is what were seeing and hearing from the characters point of view. Yes, Superman is fluent in the English language as well as some others (Superman speaking English) "Is it one of his kryptonian powers?" No. Krypton, birthplace of Superman. Colour-based scripts | Definitely not like English. 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. The shape of the script itself reflects the connection of land and language so prevalent in Schreyers research. They are also vulnerable to physical attacks from beings native to Krypton essentially in proportion to their vulnerability in non-powered situations. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); 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). 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. Kryptonese is the official language of Krypton . Barsoomian is the constructed language of the fictional wise inhabitants of Mars. Zack Snyder actually commissioned the creation of an artificial language for the Kryptonians in Man of Steel that we barely even see on screen. Is Kryptonian A Real Language? During those early days in her career, she studied the structure of words. Regardless of where Superman falls in the Justice League, every member of the team will take his death in stride. The Kryptonian time units were defined as follows:[8], (Note: In the Kryptonian language, the suffix "o" indicates the plural form of a noun.). In the episode "Gemini", a character muttering in an unconscious state is revealed to be speaking Kryptonian. It's best they learn the 2nd most used language here. 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 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. Press J to jump to the feed. 438 zetyaro (Kryptonian days) per amzet (Kryptonian year). Using Cree to create Kryptonian Schreyer then collaborated with fellow Canadian graphic designer Kirsten Franson to develop a Kryptonian script. Both Superman and Supergirl converse in spoken Kryptonian (the movie used a mix of esperanto and gibberish). Thanks! 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. Needless to say, finding all of the relevant material, let alone getting a coherent grasp of it, is a difficult and daunting task. Turniansky, Al. 1 Clark Kent. I taught myself to read and write this version of Kryptonian after Smallville started using it back in 2003. Unfortunately, the spoken language didnt make it into the film, even though the production team was thrilled to have Schreyers Kryptonian on-hand. Even before the timeline changed, Brainiac would have taken Kandor and its people. She suggested using the Cree Syllabics writing. Jor-El's delinquent neighbor, Dev-Em believed his warnings enough to build a shelter that survived the destruction of Krypton and was propelled through space. He fell [greatly] by not heeding the truth that Kal-Ik spoke. [5] Kryptonians are evolutionarily related to the also-severely xenophobic Daxamites. 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. The only notable exception is represented by the original native Daxamite population (the race that bore that name before intermingling with the Kryptonian explorers, who later adapted the name for themselves). Sometimes I'm like, is this a real e-mail? The language has its own alphabet and grammar, and is very different from Earth languages. 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. In 2011, Warner Brothers approached Schreyer to develop the Kryptonian language for Man of Steel. The world of Krypton was so well-imagined theres so much in there I feel that is not on-screen, said Schreyer. Dax-Ur is killed soon after by Brainiac. Kal-El, the name given to Superman by his adoptive Earth name, Clark Kent, is an adaptation of that. When it comes to subtitles, most fans prefer that to having to understand a foreign language or having to read multiple subtitles. You can build on the knowledge and wisdom that it provides. Linguists would call these glyphs ideaograms, because, quite simply, they represent an idea. It's a fun badge of honor to show off my geek cred, and it comes in handy when there's Kryptonian dialogue in the comics (like the recent Superman annual with Swamp Thing). However, many less widely spoken languages are facing endangerment or extinction. The letters used to represent a pronunciation are referred to as pronounced words. Tal-Rho comes into possession of a Kryptonian invention called the Eradicator which survived the planet's destruction and contains the consciousnesses of many Kryptonians like Lara Lor-Van and General Zod. A more complex version of 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. Jonathan Kent and Jor-el had fantastic stories to tell, which we would not have had otherwise. Students will look at how languages become endangered, what people are doing to document and revitalize them, as well as how technology fits in. The different castes lived in buildings with different architectural styles that represented various styles throughout Krypton's history. 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. The term originated from the stories of DC Comics superhero, Superman. However, Batman, opposed to Superman's methods, forms the Insurgency to overthrow the Regime. In some continuities, he is the planet's only survivor. For Clark, it's even his native language, no so much for Kara. How will the other members of the Justice League cope with the loss of their leader? 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. In Batman's story mode ending, Superman is defeated by Batman after Kara leads him to the Batcave. For now you can see her work-in-progress on this Google Doc. The Last Son of Krypton. 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. For example, Kal-El's mother is named Lara Lor-Van, taken from her father's name (Lor-Van). In 2000 DC Comics introduced a transliteration alphabet containing By introducing the idea of the Kryptonians speaking their own language, Kal-El would be made even more of an outsider. In the process, an increasing amount of logographic components have been added with symbols that have been explained to represent words, ideas, or names. The severe xenophobia of Kryptonian society conveniently explains Kal-El's being the first Kryptonian to leave the planet. Is it true that humans can communicate with all other planets, and they do not speak English? 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. Also, in both Silver Age and Modern Age continuity, Kryptonians have more than one ethnic group, such as dark-skinned Kryptonians from Krypton's Vathlo Island that resemble Earth humans of Sub-Saharan African, Negrito, Melanesian, and Indigenous Australian descent reminiscent of Earth peoples of the Negroid, Capoid, and Australoid races and a group from the continent of Twenx that resemble Earth humans of North African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Micronesian, Polynesian, Native American, and Latino descent reminiscent of Earth peoples of the non-European Caucasoid and Mongoloid races. Anyway, if you haven't seen it already, I encourage you to check my site: Kryptonian.info. Tolkien created not only. 13. 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. On the television series Smallville, depictions of the written Kryptonian language began, primarily, with English transliterated into the official Kryptonian transliteration font mirroring the practice of the comics. Writing, after all, should be a very practical thing (something MoS completely misses). There is no canon answer to this question, as Krypton has never been shown or mentioned in any official DC material. While "Superperson" sounds pretty lame in English, it sounds perfectly fine in Kryptonian. Ochen horoshaw! 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. Kryptonians are a fictional extraterrestrial race within the DC Comics universe that originated on the planet Krypton. In Superman: Man of Tomorrow the bounty hunter Lobo claims that Superman is the only survivor of Krypton's destruction. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); Superman speaks multiple languages, including Spanish, French, and Italian. A bit of notoriety is a welcomed perk of Schreyers job, but the true goal is research that is applicable to existing communities. This fall, Schreyer will be teaching the first-ever cross campus social science course between UBC-O and UBC Vancouver. The language of the fictional planet of Superman's birth, Kryptonese, is spoken. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site. General Zod, Faora, and Quex-Ul are implied to be the only three prisoners of the Phantom Zone. Kryptonian Spoken in the Superman universe within DC Comics, learning how to speak Kryptonian has 13,200 annual Google searches. 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. 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. In the 1970s, E. Nelson Bridwell attempted to rationalize these squiggles into a 118-letter alphabet, referring to the language as "Kryptonese". 27. Since Superman and. A multi-dimensional defeat. In "Hostile Takeover" more Kryptonians, led by Astra's husband Non, surfaced on Earth preparing for take over of the planet, and came prepared to counter the kryptonite weapons with anti-kryptonite body armor. The six loraxo (months) were: Belyuth, Ogtal, Ullhah, Eorx, Hefralt and Norzec. The simple way to explain it is that they are speaking a language, but from our perspective, English is their preferred language. Everything is round on Krypton. If people from his own planet were raised speaking Kryptonian, Kal-El's. With this method, Kryptonians are designated pre-determined roles in society at their conception for example, Jor-El is a Scientist, whereas General Zod is a Warrior. Kryptonese automatically gets points because it's the only writing system on this list that's a syllabary, not an alphabet. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? Together they free Superman's current lover Wonder Woman from imprisonment on Themyscira. 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. 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 Supergirl, some of the elements, like their black clothing and telepathy, was retained except that the shields featured a different letter, indicating a different House other than Zor-El's. While it isn't explicitly stated that its prisoners are Kryptonian by birth, one resembles General Zod, and another has powers similar to Superman. Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr are affiliate links. 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. Sometimes seeming incompatibilities can be resolved beautifully, but sometimes the effort leaves you fuming over DC's many reboots. Superman murders the Joker and establishes a tyrannical government called the One Earth Regime. Schreyer began her journey quite young she has wanted to be an anthropologist since she was twelve. In her office, Schreyer has only one memento a framed Batman v Superman promotional cereal box that featured Kryptonian syllabic writing to remind her of her work on Man of Steel. Zod, Faora and Nam-Ek). Female Kryptonians have one given name but take their father's name as their last name. And, thousands of years of cultural history would be preserved. Does the Mint really want to make coins? said Schreyer. In 2011, Warner Brothers approached Schreyer to develop the Kryptonian language for Man of Steel. If real endangered languages like Kala or Southern Haida became as cool to learn as Kryptonian, teaching them would be a lot easier. They are artificially grown in "genesis chambers" using information from the Codex, a skull containing the entire genetic code of the Kryptonian race. What will happen now that Superman is dead? Kryptonians have been traveling to earth for a long time. Eradicator, a robot built by the Kryptonian council, departed the planet with a group of colonists, survived their decimation, and would later encounter Superman. The light of dwarf stars, pulsars, and quasars also grants Kryptonians different abilities. The writing system was tied to that, said Schreyer. The creation of a Kryptonian language requires that one bring together many inconsistencies with minimal "deconstruction" of canonized material. The two symbols found in the story of Kryptonian are glyphs and syllabic writing systems. 73 zetyaro (Kryptonian days) per lorax (Kryptonian month). How to submit a constructed script. 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). 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. It grew out of several fan letters that attempted to rationalize the. Arranged marriages between the members of nobility are common, sometimes as early as birth (as was revealed to be the case with Kal-El), and numerous concubines are allowed. The shape of the writing system, which was tied to the shape of the planet and how the world was imagined, also impacted the [spoken] language.. 100 thribo (Kryptonian seconds) per dendar (Kryptonian minute). A-Z index | However in the fourth season Young Justice: Phantoms, after Superboy gets accidentally transported to an unknown dimension after being presumed dead after an explosion on Mars, Superboy meets General Dru-Zod and his followers Ursa Zod, Faora Hu-Ul, Non, Kru-El, Jax-Ur, and Vor-Kil and learns that he is in the Phantom Zone. 1970s E. Nelson Bridwell created an alphabet of 118 letters, Kryptonese, In later depictions, their abilities are attributed to the differences between Earth's gravity and that of Krypton and the different radiation of the stars they orbit. This results in her death which triggers a nuclear explosion that destroys Metropolis. Certain individuals (including Conner Kent, Chris Kent, and some Phantom Zone criminals) have sometimes been depicted with "tactile telekinesis" which allows Kryptonians to lift and manipulate large objects whose own structural strength might not otherwise survive the process. AIR Awareness Outreach; AIR Business Lunch & Learn; AIR Community of Kindness; AIR Dogs: Paws For Minds AIR Hero AIR & NJAMHAA Conference Male Kryptonians are identified by hyphenated names, which identify both them and their houses, such as "Jor-El" and "Kal-El" (of the House of El). They did film some scenes that were including spoken Kryptonian later on because they got really excited about it, but it was kind of a last-minute thing and it didnt make it into the final cut of the movie, said Schreyer.