diff --git a/tools/pygments-import/main.py b/tools/pygments-import/main.py
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+++ b/tools/pygments-import/main.py
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+import os
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict, OrderedDict
+from itertools import chain, groupby
+import yaml
+from yaml.dumper import SafeDumper
+from yaml.loader import SafeLoader
+from packaging.version import Version, InvalidVersion
+import pygments
+from pygments.token import Token, Name
+from pygments.lexers import get_all_lexers, find_lexer_class_by_name
+
+from parser import convert_to_keywords
+DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG = yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG
+
+
+class YAMLLoader(SafeLoader):
+    """Custom loader for YAML to preserve ordering of keys."""
+
+    def construct_ordered_dict(self, node):
+        return OrderedDict(self.construct_pairs(node))
+
+
+class YAMLDumper(SafeDumper):
+    """Custom dumper for YAML to match coAST style"""
+
+    def increase_indent(self, flow=False, indentless=False):
+        return super().increase_indent(flow, False)
+
+    def represent_ordered_dict(self, data):
+        return self.represent_dict(data.items())
+
+
+YAMLLoader.add_constructor(
+    DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG, YAMLLoader.construct_ordered_dict)
+YAMLDumper.add_representer(OrderedDict, YAMLDumper.represent_ordered_dict)
+
+REQUIRED_TOKEN_TYPES = (Token.Keyword, Name.Builtin)
+
+LANGUAGE_FOLD = os.path.abspath("../../data/Language")
+
+# Read coast language definitions
+coast_langs = {}
+for lang_file in os.listdir(LANGUAGE_FOLD):
+    name = lang_file[:lang_file.rfind('.yaml')]
+    with open(os.path.join(LANGUAGE_FOLD, lang_file)) as f:
+        coast_langs[name] = yaml.load(f, Loader=YAMLLoader)
+
+
+def parse_lang_name(name):
+    """Identify the version number of a language if present in its name."""
+    try:
+        realname, version = name.rsplit(maxsplit=1)
+        version = Version(version)
+        return realname, version
+    except (ValueError, InvalidVersion):  # look for trailing numbers
+        match = re.match(r"(?P<realname>.*?)(?P<version>[0-9.]+)$", name)
+        if match:
+            realname, version = match.groupdict().values()
+            try:
+                version = Version(version)
+                return realname, version
+            except InvalidVersion:
+                return name, None
+        else:
+            return name, None
+
+
+def get_lexer_patterns(lexer, required_token_types=()):
+    patterns = defaultdict(list)
+    if not hasattr(lexer, 'tokens'):
+        print('Skipping {}: no tokens'.format(lexer.name))
+        return patterns
+
+    # no need to handle each section separately
+    for token in chain(*lexer.tokens.values()):
+        if not isinstance(token, tuple) or len(token) != 2:
+            continue
+        re_pattern, token_type = token
+        current_token_type = None
+        if not required_token_types:
+            current_token_type = token_type
+        for super_type in required_token_types:
+            assert super_type in Token
+            if token_type in super_type:
+                current_token_type = super_type
+                break
+        if not current_token_type:
+            continue
+        if isinstance(re_pattern, pygments.lexer.words):
+            patterns[current_token_type].extend(re_pattern.words)
+        else:
+            patterns[current_token_type].append(re_pattern)
+    return patterns
+
+
+def extract_lexer_data(lexer):
+    data = {}
+
+    data['name'] = lexer.name
+
+    aliases = getattr(lexer, 'aliases', [])
+    try:
+        aliases.remove(data['name'].lower())
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+
+    if len(aliases) < 10:
+        data['aliases'] = aliases
+    else:  # dirty workaround for powershell
+        print("Too many aliases in", data['name'])
+        data['aliases'] = []
+
+    filenames = getattr(lexer, 'filenames', [])
+    data['extensions'] = []
+    data['filenames'] = []
+    for name in filenames:
+        if '*.' in name:
+            ext = name[name.rfind('.') + 1:]
+            m = re.match(r'(\w*)\[(\d+)\]$', ext)
+            if m:
+                name, versions = m.groups()
+                if not name:
+                    continue
+                data['versions'] = []
+                for ver in versions:
+                    data['extensions'].append(name + ver)
+                    data['versions'].append(Version(ver))
+            else:
+                data['extensions'].append(ext)
+        elif '*' not in name:
+            data['filenames'].append(name)
+
+    patterns = get_lexer_patterns(lexer, REQUIRED_TOKEN_TYPES)
+    keyword_patterns = patterns.get(Token.Keyword)
+    if keyword_patterns:
+        keywords = convert_to_keywords(keyword_patterns)
+        data['keywords'] = list(sorted(set(keywords)))
+
+    return data
+
+
+def merge_versioned_lexers(name, lexers):
+    final_data = {'name': name, 'versions': set()}
+    for lex in lexers:
+        lexer_data = extract_lexer_data(lex)
+
+        def update_list(param):
+            data = set(final_data.get(param, [])).union(
+                lexer_data.get(param, []))
+            final_data[param] = list(sorted(data))
+
+        update_list('aliases')
+        update_list('filenames')
+        update_list('extensions')
+        update_list('keywords')
+        ver = parse_lang_name(lexer_data['name'])[1]
+        if ver:
+            final_data['versions'].add(ver)
+    final_data['versions'] = list(sorted(final_data['versions']))
+    return final_data
+
+
+def process_lexers():
+    pygments_lexers = [find_lexer_class_by_name(lexer[1][0])
+                       for lexer in get_all_lexers()]
+
+    grouped_lexers = defaultdict(set)  # group versioned lexers by name
+    for name, group in groupby(pygments_lexers,
+                               lambda lex: parse_lang_name(lex.name)[0]):
+        grouped_lexers[name].update(group)
+
+    for name, lexers in grouped_lexers.items():
+        if len(lexers) == 1:
+            yield extract_lexer_data(lexers.pop())
+        else:
+            yield merge_versioned_lexers(name, lexers)
+
+
+def filter_lexer(lex_data):
+    """Determine if the lexer data should be added to coast definitions."""
+    return not lex_data.get('keywords') and (
+        any(word in lex_data['name'] for word in ('+', 'Template', 'ANTLR')) or
+        (len(lex_data.get('aliases', [])) < 2 and
+            len(lex_data.get('extensions', [])) < 2)
+    )
+
+
+def get_coast_lang(lexer):
+    # In case the coast lang identifier matches exactly with the lexer name
+    lang = coast_langs.get(lexer['name'])
+    if lang is not None:
+        return lang
+
+    for lang in coast_langs.values():
+        full_name = lang.get('full_name', '').lower()
+        if (lexer['name'] == full_name or full_name in lexer['aliases'] or
+                lang['identifier'].lower() in lexer['aliases']):
+            return lang
+
+
+def update_coast_def(lang, lexer_data):
+    if not lang.get('identifier'):
+        lang['identifier'] = lexer_data['name']
+        if not lexer_data['name'].replace(' ', '').isalnum():
+            lang['identifier'] = lang['identifier'].replace(
+                '+', 'Plus').replace('/', '-')
+
+    def update_list(param):
+        lex_words = set(lexer_data.get(param, []))
+        lang_words = set(lang.get(param, []))
+        if lex_words - lang_words:
+            lang_words.update(lex_words)
+            print("Updated {} for {}".format(param, lang['identifier']))
+            print("\tBefore:", lang.get(param))
+            lang[param] = list(sorted(lang_words))
+            print("\tAfter: ", lang[param])
+
+    update_list('aliases')
+    update_list('extensions')
+    update_list('filenames')
+    update_list('keywords')
+
+
+def write_yaml(coast_def):
+    file_name = coast_def['identifier'] + '.yaml'
+    with open(os.path.join(LANGUAGE_FOLD, file_name), 'w') as f:
+        yaml.dump(coast_def, f, allow_unicode=True,
+                  default_flow_style=False, Dumper=YAMLDumper)
+
+
+def main():
+    for lex_data in filter(lambda l: not filter_lexer(l), process_lexers()):
+        coast_def = get_coast_lang(lex_data)
+        if not coast_def:
+            coast_def = {}
+        coast_def = OrderedDict(coast_def)
+        update_coast_def(coast_def, lex_data)
+        write_yaml(coast_def)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tools/pygments-import/parser.py b/tools/pygments-import/parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9f0654
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+++ b/tools/pygments-import/parser.py
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+import re
+import sre_yield
+
+REPLACEMENTS = {
+    '?:': '',
+    '\\s': ' ',
+    '\\t': ' ',
+    '\\r': ' ',
+    '\\n': ' ',
+    '\\!': '!',
+    '\\=': '=',
+    '\\<': '<',
+    '\\>': '>',
+    '\\b': '',
+    '\\w': ''
+}
+
+
+def clean_pattern(pattern):
+    """Unescape and remove unecessary parts from the regex pattern."""
+    pattern = re.sub(r'(?<!\\)(?:(\\\\)*)[*+.$^]', '', pattern)
+    pattern = re.sub(r'\[\^.\]', '', pattern)
+    # pattern = re.sub(r'\\r')
+    for orig, repl in REPLACEMENTS.items():
+        pattern = pattern.replace(orig, repl)
+    pattern = re.sub(r'\[\]', '', pattern)
+    return pattern
+
+
+def convert_to_keywords(pats):
+    kw = []
+    for pattern in pats:
+        pat = clean_pattern(pattern)
+        try:
+            kw.extend(sre_yield.AllStrings(pat))
+        except (MemoryError, OverflowError, sre_yield.ParseError, re.error) as e:
+            print(e)
+            print(pat, pattern)
+
+    return kw