Name of Language:
    In English, the proper name is "Old Tongue".
    This is a direct translation of the Common Tongue name "Cuurorayn"
    (or "Cūrorayn"). The original name for the language is "Fírayn", which
    may be translated as "Enlightened Speech". Thus, all three names are
    permissible. I will tend to use "Fírayn" because it is one word, requires
    no special effort to enter ("curo" is not correct, one must use either
    "cūro" or "cuuro", because "curo" is equivalent to "cur'o")
    
Transliteration:
    Note: This transliteration scheme is anglicization, not latinization.
    That is, it is meant to be readable to English speakers, rather than
    simply using the Latin alphabet.
    
    Firen uses two alphabets in tandem, creating what I call an "alphabetic
    syllabary". The only system in the real world with which it may be compared
    is Korean's hangul, however, it is only as similar to hangul as Georgian's
    alphabet is to Latin's.
    
    The first alphabet is comprised of vowels, though the definition used
    by this orthography is slightly inconsistent with that used by
    phonologists. The second alphabet is composed of consonants.
    
    Fírayn uses 11 vowels and 17 consonants. Because the Common Tongue has
    more sounds in its phonological inventory, these alphabets have been
    extended. These extensions will be discussed later in this document.
    All -rayn systems are "unicase", or more accurately, "caseless".
    
    A Fírayn "letter" (vowel or consonant) is referred to in text with the
    form "|P". The pipe serves only to differentiate the drawn letter, which
    cannot be replicated in text (Technically, "⟨P⟩" should be used, with the
    actual literal character between the brackets. This could be done in
    type, but not with a text file.), from the sound value (referred to by any
    common IPA convention, such as "/p/") and from the Latin alphabet letter,
    rendered as "⟨P⟩" (or "'P'"). In a case where the distinction does not
    matter, "P" is used.
    
    Yes, this system is largely arbitrary.
    
    The Fírayn vowel alphabet is |Ů, |A, |Uu, |Ay, (Or |E) |O, |I, |Ai, |Ao,
    |Ůṙ, |Oṙ, |Aṙ. (11 letters, 6 basic + 2 dipthongs + 3 rhotics)
    The consonant alphabet is |P, |B, |K, |G, |T, |D, |S, |Z, |F, |V,
    |Č, |J, |N, |M, |H, |L, |R. (17 letters, 6 v/u pairs + 2 nasals + 3 other)
    (You can replace |Č with |CH if you are limited to ASCII.)
    
    Because syllabification is ambiguous in linear alphabets, exact
    transliteration requires one of two techniques. Either, one may add
    apostrophes in strategic places, or one may replace the above vowel
    alphabet with one making use of some diacritics that can unambiguously
    represent the original orthography. The modified forms are "ů, á, ú,
    ay, (Or é) ó, í, ai, ao, oṙ, ůṙ, aṙ".
    
    |K may be transcribed as 'C' or 'K', but only as 'K' before front vowels.
    (In which positions 'C' might be read to undergo lenition) Technically,
    'Q' would also be allowable, but is not used.
    
    ----[r] may be at the beginning of a syllable or it may be incorporated into
    ----the syllable nucleus, and in the original orthography, these two cases
    ----are written differently. "corasur" for instance may be unambiguously
    ----read as "|K|OR|A|S|UR", however, writing "|K|O|R|A|S|UR" requires
    ----either "córasur" or "co'rasur", which are taken to be equivalent, with
    ----the former being preferred. "cor'asur" is technically also allowed,
    ----but taken to be unnecessary and is not preferred. In cases such as
    ----"ko", which is unambiguously "|K|O", "ko" is preferred over "kó".
    
    Fireyn has rhotic vowels in addition to the rhotic consonant found in the
    onset. To represent this, the symbol ṙ is used for vocalic R. 
    
Extensions to the alphabets:
    The standard alphabets are:
    |U, |A, |UU, |AY, |O, |I, |AI, |AO, |UṘ, |OṘ, |AṘ.
        (11 letters, 6 basic + 2 dipthongs + 3 rhotics)
    |P, |B, |K, |G, |T, |D, |S, |Z, |F, |V, |Č, |J, |N, |M, |H, |L, |R.
        (17 letters, 6 v/u pairs + 2 nasals + 3 other. |Č may be written as |CH)
    
    
    These are extended with the following letters:
    |EH, |AH, |IṘ, |IH, |UUṘ, |EṘ
        (... |IR, ... |UUR, AYR)
    |Θ, |Ð, |Š, |Ž, |NG, |Y, |W, |ʔ
        (Or |TH, |DH, |SH, |ZH, ... |?)
    
    Without frills:
    ů, a, u, e, o, i, ai, ao, ůṙ, oṙ, aṙ, ůl, al        (Common)
    +   ∅, iṙ, uṙ, eṙ, ul, el, il, ol,                  (uncommon but standard)
    +   ì, è, à, ò, ù, ìṙ, èṙ, àṙ, òṙ, ùṙ,              (lax, semistandard)
    p, b, k, g, t, d, s, z, f, v, č, j, n, m, h, l, r
    +   þ, ð, š, ž. ŋ, y, w, ʔ
    
    Vowel chart:
    ů   i   e   a   o   u   | ai   ao   | ∅
    ůṙ  iṙ  eṙ  aṙ  oṙ  uṙ  | aiṙ  aoṙ  | 
    ůl  il  el  al  ol  ul  | ail  aol  |
    ------------------------+-----------+
        ì   è   à   ò   ù   |           |
        ìṙ  èṙ  àṙ  òṙ  ùṙ  |           |
        ìl  èl  àl  òl  ùl  |           |
        
    
Nouns, Adjectives:
    Being a synthetic language, firen makes most of its nouns from a combination
    of roots. Adjectives are merely extra roots. The head noun is always the
    last root, with modifiers going in front of it.
    
Verbs:
    Verbs are not in general marked, and rather than being inflected, are
    combined (like nouns) with modifying roots rather than inflections. For
    verbs, the head is at the beginning.
    
    For example, "to run fast" is jotsmůṙ.
    
    
Fulren:
    -i splits from -se, forming new "person" gender. i becomes pronoun for
    persons, splitting from sůṙ.