Kryptonian

Kryptonian   
Kryptonian

Kryptonian or Kryptonese is language or the fictional planet
Krypton, birthplace of Superman. The language appears in writing
in the Superman comics at first as random squiggles. Then during the
1970s E. Nelson Bridwell created an alphabet of 118 letters, Kryptonese,
from the squiggles.

In 2000 DC Comics introduced a transliteration alphabet containing
symbols for each of the letters of the English alphabet. They also started
referring to the language as ‘Kryptonian’. They just used this alphabet to
write things in English in the comics. A more complex version of
Kryptonian alphabet appears on the TV show Smallville.

Kryptonian transliteration alphabet

Kryptonian transliteration alphabet

Sample text

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Kryptonian transliteration alphabet

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Links

Information about the Kryptonian alphabet and fonts
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=comics-kryptonian_alphabet
http://www.langmaker.com/db/Kryptonian

A guide to the Kryptonian language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonian
http://kryptonian.info

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