diff --git a/languages.json b/languages.json
index f2c6415fc..c37f1d299 100644
--- a/languages.json
+++ b/languages.json
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@
       "line_comment": [";"],
       "extensions": ["edn"]
     },
+    "Eighth": {
+      "name": "8th",
+      "line_comment": ["\\\\ ", "-- "],
+      "multi_line_comments": [["(*", "*)"]],
+      "nested": true,
+      "quotes": [["\\\"", "\\\""]],
+      "extensions": ["8th"]
+    },
     "Elisp": {
       "name": "Emacs Lisp",
       "line_comment": [";"],
diff --git a/tests/data/eight.8th b/tests/data/eight.8th
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..848713277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/eight.8th
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+\ 22 lines 9 code 8 comments 5 blanks
+
+(* multiline comments
+  (* a nested 
+     comment *)
+ *
+ *)
+
+-- here's a single line comment
+"Hello, " var, foo -- line ending comment
+
+\ here's another single line comment
+"!" var, bar \ a different line ending comment
+
+: hello   \ s --
+  foo @ s:<+ 
+  bar @ s:+
+  . cr
+;
+
+"World" hello
+bye