While a large hook above always indicates a consonant sound only, take that away and you now have a consonant+vowel syllable.

The orientation and the use of the smaller hooks indicate which vowel gets attached. It seems that just removing the consonant marker is not enough, though, as I couldn't get a syllable with the ɑ͡o vowel (diphthong). I marked this potentially invalid combination with a question mark in the example below. I would like to make a special note that, oddly, this orthography is all extremely similar to work I started on in 2008 on a proto-Vath script (Vath being an island nation on early Krypton). However, I had nothing to do with its creation. I'll be sure to blog on any other information as I find it. I was able to confirm that an unturned, unflipped consonant with no hooks above does indeed indicate the ɑo vowel/diphthong.įor those interested, this writing system is not an alphabet, it's an abugida.Īnother interesting note from the Deep Space Radio Wave Project website (Man of Steel viral marketing) is the phrase translated as 'You are not alone.' From this we can see some examples of Kryptonian words, and what appears to be SOV word order. I look forward to seeing if there will be any spoken Kryptonian in the movie. I noticed that Steve over at Superman Homepage found another letter that I hadn't. I've updated the consonant image with the new letter. UPDATE 3:įinally all the base symbols are accounted for! The last one (bottom right) is the IPA which sounds like the ch in 'Bach' or 'loch'. #CYBERTRONIAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR UPDATE# I slight correction: the new symbol is actually a voiced glottal fricative and not a voiceless velar fricative. I have updated the site with info from various other forms of Kryptonian.

For a complete chart of the Man of Steel Kryptonian writing (and any future information), visit the Man of Steel Kryptonian Writing page. My name gives issues for some programs.so I tried many versions to see what would happen. Renée gave back 'R.E.N.K.AE.E' this is typical. The accent in my name confuses many programs. Usually, I'll get back RenÃ©e or something like that. Renee without the accented E gave back 'R.E.N.I.' which led me to believe that the alphabet was phonetic and the I was sounded like a long E. #CYBERTRONIAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR UPDATE#.

Cybertronian alphabet translator