diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index cfb94ae..c016703 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer:	   Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727 ATMARK gmail.com>
 "	   Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
 " URL:	   https://github.com/vim-jp/syntax-vim-ex
-" Last Change:	   2024 Apr 09
+" Last Change:	   2024 Apr 11
 " Former Maintainer: Charles E. Campbell
 
 " DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTLY.
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 let s:keepcpo= &cpo
 set cpo&vim
 
+let s:vim9script = "\n" .. getline(1, 32)->join("\n") =~# '\n\s*vim9\%[script]\>'
+
 " vimTodo: contains common special-notices for comments {{{2
 " Use the vimCommentGroup cluster to add your own.
 syn keyword vimTodo contained	COMBAK	FIXME	TODO	XXX
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
 syn keyword vimCommand contained helpg[rep] helpt[ags] ha[rdcopy] hi[ghlight] hid[e] his[tory] ho[rizontal] if ij[ump] il[ist] imp[ort] int[ro] inte[rface] is[earch] isp[lit] j[oin] ju[mps] k kee[pmarks] keepj[umps] keepp[atterns] keepa[lt] l[ist] lN[ext] lNf[ile] la[st] lab[ove] lan[guage] lad[dexpr] laddb[uffer] laddf[ile] laf[ter] lat[er] lb[uffer] lbe[fore] lbel[ow] lbo[ttom] lc[d] lch[dir] lcl[ose] lcs[cope] ld[o] le[ft] lefta[bove] let lex[pr] leg[acy] lf[ile] lfd[o] lfir[st] lg[etfile] lgetb[uffer] lgete[xpr] lgr[ep] lgrepa[dd] lh[elpgrep] lhi[story] ll lla[st] lli[st] lmak[e] lne[xt] lnew[er] lnf[ile] lo[adview] loadk[eymap] loc[kmarks] lockv[ar] lol[der] lop[en] lp[revious] lpf[ile] lr[ewind] lt[ag] lua luad[o] luaf[ile] lv[imgrep] lvimgrepa[dd] lw[indow]
 syn keyword vimCommand contained ls m[ove] ma[rk] mak[e] marks mat[ch] menut[ranslate] mes[sages] mk[exrc] mks[ession] mksp[ell] mkv[imrc] mkvie[w] mod[e] mz[scheme] mzf[ile] n[ext] nb[key] nbc[lose] nbs[tart] noa[utocmd] noh[lsearch] nos[wapfile] nu[mber] o[pen] ol[dfiles] on[ly] opt[ions] ow[nsyntax] p[rint] pa[ckadd] packl[oadall] pc[lose] pe[rl] perld[o] ped[it] po[p] pp[op] pre[serve] prev[ious] pro[mptfind] promptr[epl] prof[ile] profd[el] ps[earch] pt[ag] ptN[ext] ptf[irst] ptj[ump] ptl[ast] ptn[ext] ptp[revious] ptr[ewind] pts[elect] pu[t] pub[lic] pw[d] py[thon] pyd[o] pyf[ile] py3 py3d[o] python3 py3f[ile] pyx pyxd[o] pythonx pyxf[ile] q[uit] quita[ll] qa[ll] r[ead] rec[over] red[o] redi[r] redr[aw] redraws[tatus] redrawt[abline] reg[isters] res[ize]
 syn keyword vimCommand contained ret[ab] retu[rn] rew[ind] ri[ght] rightb[elow] ru[ntime] rub[y] rubyd[o] rubyf[ile] rund[o] rv[iminfo] sN[ext] sa[rgument] sal[l] san[dbox] sav[eas] sb[uffer] sbN[ext] sba[ll] sbf[irst] sbl[ast] sbm[odified] sbn[ext] sbp[revious] sbr[ewind] sc[riptnames] scripte[ncoding] scriptv[ersion] scs[cope] setf[iletype] sf[ind] sfir[st] sh[ell] si[malt] sig[n] sil[ent] sl[eep] sla[st] sn[ext] so[urce] sor[t] sp[lit] spe[llgood] spelld[ump] spelli[nfo] spellr[epall] spellra[re] spellu[ndo] spellw[rong] spr[evious] sr[ewind] st[op] sta[g] star[tinsert] startg[replace] startr[eplace] stat[ic] stopi[nsert] stj[ump] sts[elect] sun[hide] sus[pend] sv[iew] sw[apname] synti[me] sync[bind] smi[le] t tN[ext] ta[g] tags tab tabc[lose] tabd[o] tabe[dit]
-syn keyword vimCommand contained tabf[ind] tabfir[st] tabm[ove] tabl[ast] tabn[ext] tabnew tabo[nly] tabp[revious] tabN[ext] tabr[ewind] tabs tc[d] tch[dir] tcl tcld[o] tclf[ile] te[aroff] ter[minal] tf[irst] th[row] thi[s] tj[ump] tl[ast] tn[ext] to[pleft] tp[revious] tr[ewind] try ts[elect] ty[pe] u[ndo] undoj[oin] undol[ist] unh[ide] unl[et] unlo[ckvar] uns[ilent] up[date] v[global] ve[rsion] verb[ose] vert[ical] vi[sual] vie[w] vim[grep] vimgrepa[dd] vim9[cmd] vim9s[cript] viu[sage] vne[w] vs[plit] w[rite] wN[ext] wa[ll] wh[ile] wi[nsize] winc[md] wind[o] winp[os] wn[ext] wp[revious] wq wqa[ll] wu[ndo] wv[iminfo] x[it] xa[ll] xr[estore] y[ank] z dl dell delel deletl deletel dp dep delp delep deletp deletep a i
+syn keyword vimCommand contained tabf[ind] tabfir[st] tabm[ove] tabl[ast] tabn[ext] tabnew tabo[nly] tabp[revious] tabN[ext] tabr[ewind] tabs tc[d] tch[dir] tcl tcld[o] tclf[ile] te[aroff] ter[minal] tf[irst] th[row] thi[s] tj[ump] tl[ast] tn[ext] to[pleft] tp[revious] tr[ewind] try ts[elect] ty[pe] u[ndo] undoj[oin] undol[ist] unh[ide] unl[et] unlo[ckvar] uns[ilent] up[date] v[global] ve[rsion] verb[ose] vert[ical] vi[sual] vie[w] vim[grep] vimgrepa[dd] vim9[cmd] viu[sage] vne[w] vs[plit] w[rite] wN[ext] wa[ll] wh[ile] wi[nsize] winc[md] wind[o] winp[os] wn[ext] wp[revious] wq wqa[ll] wu[ndo] wv[iminfo] x[it] xa[ll] xr[estore] y[ank] z dl dell delel deletl deletel dp dep delp delep deletp deletep a i
 
 syn keyword vimCommand contained	2mat[ch] 3mat[ch]
 
@@ -193,13 +195,13 @@
 " Numbers {{{2
 " =======
 syn case ignore
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<\d\+\%(\.\d\+\%(e[+-]\=\d\+\)\=\)\='	skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<0b[01]\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<0o\=\o\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<0x\x\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<0z\>'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\<0z\%(\x\x\)\+\%(\.\%(\x\x\)\+\)*'	skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
-syn match	vimNumber	'\%(^\|\A\)\zs#\x\{6}'		skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,vimComment,vim9Comment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<\d\+\%(\.\d\+\%(e[+-]\=\d\+\)\=\)\='	skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<0b[01]\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<0o\=\o\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<0x\x\+'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<0z\>'			skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\<0z\%(\x\x\)\+\%(\.\%(\x\x\)\+\)*'	skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
+syn match	vimNumber	'\%(^\|\A\)\zs#\x\{6}'		skipwhite nextgroup=vimGlobal,vimSubst1,vimCommand,@vimComment
 syn case match
 
 " All vimCommands are contained by vimIsCommand. {{{2
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@
 
 " Augroup : vimAugroupError removed because long augroups caused sync'ing problems. {{{2
 " ======= : Trade-off: Increasing synclines with slower editing vs augroup END error checking.
-syn cluster vimAugroupList	contains=@vimCmdList,vimFilter,vimFunc,vimLineComment,vimSpecFile,vimOper,vimNumber,vimOperParen,vimComment,vim9Comment,vimString,vimSubst,vimRegister,vimCmplxRepeat,vimNotation,vimCtrlChar,vimFuncVar,vimContinue
+syn cluster vimAugroupList	contains=@vimCmdList,vimFilter,vimFunc,vimLineComment,vimSpecFile,vimOper,vimNumber,vimOperParen,@vimComment,vimString,vimSubst,vimRegister,vimCmplxRepeat,vimNotation,vimCtrlChar,vimFuncVar,vimContinue
 syn match   vimAugroup	"\<aug\%[roup]\>" contains=vimAugroupKey,vimAugroupBang skipwhite nextgroup=vimAugroupBang,vimAutoCmdGroup
 if exists("g:vimsyn_folding") && g:vimsyn_folding =~# 'a'
   syn region  vimAugroup  fold	start="\<aug\%[roup]\>\ze\s\+\%([eE][nN][dD]\)\@!\S\+" matchgroup=vimAugroupKey end="\<aug\%[roup]\>\ze\s\+[eE][nN][dD]\>" contains=vimAutoCmd,@vimAugroupList,vimAugroupkey skipwhite nextgroup=vimAugroupEnd
@@ -336,15 +338,21 @@
 
 syn cluster vimType contains=vimType,vimCompoundType,vimUserType
 
-" Keymaps: (Vim Project Addition) {{{2
+" Keymaps: {{{2
 " =======
 
-" TODO: handle Vim9 script comments when something like #13104 is merged
-syn match  vimKeymapStart	"^"	contained skipwhite nextgroup=vimKeymapLhs,vimKeymapLineComment
+syn match  vimKeymapStart	"^"	contained skipwhite nextgroup=vimKeymapLhs,@vimKeymapLineComment
 syn match  vimKeymapLhs	"\S\+"	contained skipwhite nextgroup=vimKeymapRhs contains=vimNotation
 syn match  vimKeymapRhs	"\S\+"	contained skipwhite nextgroup=vimKeymapTailComment contains=vimNotation
 syn match  vimKeymapTailComment	"\S.*"	contained
-syn match  vimKeymapLineComment	+".*+	contained contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle
+
+" TODO: remove when :" comment is matched in parts as "ex-colon comment" --djk
+if s:vim9script
+  syn match  vim9KeymapLineComment	"#.*"	contained contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vim9CommentTitle
+else
+  syn match  vimKeymapLineComment	+".*+	contained contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle
+endif
+syn cluster vimKeymapLineComment contains=vim9\=KeymapLineComment
 
 syn region vimKeymap matchgroup=vimCommand start="\<loadk\%[eymap]\>" end="\%$" contains=vimKeymapStart
 
@@ -360,9 +368,10 @@
 
 " User-Specified Commands: {{{2
 " =======================
-syn cluster	vimUserCmdList	contains=@vimCmdList,vimCmplxRepeat,vimComment,vim9Comment,vimCtrlChar,vimEscapeBrace,vimFunc,vimNotation,vimNumber,vimOper,vimRegister,vimSpecFile,vimString,vimSubst,vimSubstRep,vimSubstRange
+syn cluster	vimUserCmdList	contains=@vimCmdList,vimCmplxRepeat,@vimComment,vimCtrlChar,vimEscapeBrace,vimFunc,vimNotation,vimNumber,vimOper,vimRegister,vimSpecFile,vimString,vimSubst,vimSubstRep,vimSubstRange
 syn keyword	vimUserCommand	contained	com[mand]
-syn match	vimUserCmd	"\<com\%[mand]!\=\>.*$"	contains=vimUserAttrb,vimUserAttrbError,vimUserCommand,@vimUserCmdList,vimComFilter
+syn match	vimUserCmdName	contained	"\<\u\w*\>" nextgroup=vimUserCmdBlock skipwhite
+syn match	vimUserCmd	"\<com\%[mand]!\=\>.*$"	contains=vimUserAttrb,vimUserAttrbError,vimUserCommand,@vimUserCmdList,vimComFilter,vimCmdBlock,vimUserCmdName
 syn match	vimUserAttrbError	contained	"-\a\+\ze\s"
 syn match	vimUserAttrb	contained	"-nargs=[01*?+]"	contains=vimUserAttrbKey,vimOper
 syn match	vimUserAttrb	contained	"-complete="		contains=vimUserAttrbKey,vimOper nextgroup=vimUserAttrbCmplt,vimUserCmdError
@@ -385,20 +394,41 @@
 syn case match
 syn match	vimUserAttrbCmplt contained	"custom,\u\w*"
 
+syn region	vimUserCmdBlock	contained	matchgroup=vimSep start="{" end="}" contains=@vimDefBodyList
+
 " Lower Priority Comments: after some vim commands... {{{2
 " =======================
-syn match	vimComment	excludenl +\s"[^\-:.%#=*].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vimComment	+\<endif\s\+".*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vimComment	+\<else\s\+".*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn region	vimCommentString	contained oneline start='\S\s\+"'ms=e	end='"'
-" Vim9 comments - TODO: might be highlighted while they don't work
-syn match	vim9Comment	excludenl +\s#[^{].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vim9Comment	+\<endif\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vim9Comment	+\<else\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-" Vim9 comment inside expression
-syn match	vim9Comment	+\s\zs#[^{].*$+ms=s+1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#[^{].*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
-syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+syn region	vimCommentString	contained oneline start='\S\s\+"'ms=e end='"'
+
+if s:vim9script
+  syn match	vimComment	excludenl +\s"[^\-:.%#=*].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vimComment	+\<endif\s\+".*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vimComment	+\<else\s\+".*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  " Vim9 comments - TODO: might be highlighted while they don't work
+  syn match	vim9Comment	excludenl +\s#[^{].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+\<endif\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+\<else\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  " Vim9 comment inside expression
+  " syn match	vim9Comment	+\s\zs#[^{].*$+ms=s+1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  " syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#[^{].*$+		contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  " syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#$+		contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+
+  syn cluster vimComment contains=vim9Comment
+else
+  syn match	vimComment	excludenl +\s"[^\-:.%#=*].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  syn match	vimComment	+\<endif\s\+".*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  syn match	vimComment	+\<else\s\+".*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString
+  " Vim9 comments - TODO: might be highlighted while they don't work
+  syn match	vim9Comment	excludenl +\s#[^{].*$+lc=1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+\<endif\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=5	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+\<else\s\+#[^{].*$+lc=4	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  " Vim9 comment inside expression
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+\s\zs#[^{].*$+ms=s+1	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#[^{].*$+		contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+  syn match	vim9Comment	+^\s*#$+		contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString contained
+
+  syn cluster vimComment contains=vimComment
+endif
 
 " Environment Variables: {{{2
 " =====================
@@ -488,7 +518,7 @@
 syn match	vimCmplxRepeat	'@[0-9a-z".=@:]\ze\($\|[^a-zA-Z]\>\)'
 
 " Set command and associated set-options (vimOptions) with comment {{{2
-syn region	vimSet		matchgroup=vimCommand start="\<\%(setl\%[ocal]\|setg\%[lobal]\|se\%[t]\)\>" skip="\%(\\\\\)*\\.\n\@!" end="$" end="|" matchgroup=vimNotation end="<[cC][rR]>" keepend contains=vimSetEqual,vimOption,vimErrSetting,vimComment,vim9Comment,vimSetString,vimSetMod
+syn region	vimSet		matchgroup=vimCommand start="\<\%(setl\%[ocal]\|setg\%[lobal]\|se\%[t]\)\>" skip="\%(\\\\\)*\\.\n\@!" end="$" end="|" matchgroup=vimNotation end="<[cC][rR]>" keepend contains=vimSetEqual,vimOption,vimErrSetting,@vimComment,vimSetString,vimSetMod
 syn region	vimSetEqual	contained	start="[=:]\|[-+^]=" skip="\\\\\|\\\s" end="[| \t]"me=e-1 end="$"	contains=vimCtrlChar,vimSetSep,vimNotation,vimEnvvar
 syn region	vimSetString	contained	start=+="+hs=s+1	skip=+\\\\\|\\"+  end=+"+		contains=vimCtrlChar
 syn match	vimSetSep	contained	"[,:]"
@@ -522,9 +552,10 @@
 " =======
 syn match	vimAutoEventList	contained	"\(!\s\+\)\=\(\a\+,\)*\a\+"	contains=vimAutoEvent nextgroup=vimAutoCmdSpace
 syn match	vimAutoCmdSpace	contained	"\s\+"	nextgroup=vimAutoCmdSfxList
-syn match	vimAutoCmdSfxList	contained	"\S*"	skipwhite nextgroup=vimAutoCmdMod
+syn match	vimAutoCmdSfxList	contained	"\S*"	skipwhite nextgroup=vimAutoCmdMod,vimAutoCmdBlock
 syn keyword	vimAutoCmd	au[tocmd] do[autocmd] doautoa[ll]	skipwhite nextgroup=vimAutoEventList
-syn match	vimAutoCmdMod	"\(++\)\=\(once\|nested\)"
+syn match	vimAutoCmdMod	"\(++\)\=\(once\|nested\)"	skipwhite nextgroup=vimAutoCmdBlock
+syn region	vimAutoCmdBlock	contained	matchgroup=vimSep start="{" end="}" contains=@vimDefBodyList
 
 " Echo And Execute: -- prefer strings! {{{2
 " ================
@@ -668,7 +699,7 @@
  syn match	vimSynCcharValue	contained	"\S"
 endif
 
-syn match	vimSyntax	"\<sy\%[ntax]\>"	contains=vimCommand skipwhite nextgroup=vimSynType,vimComment,vim9Comment
+syn match	vimSyntax	"\<sy\%[ntax]\>"	contains=vimCommand skipwhite nextgroup=vimSynType,@vimComment
 syn cluster vimFuncBodyList add=vimSyntax
 
 " Syntax: case {{{2
@@ -757,7 +788,7 @@
 
 " Highlighting: {{{2
 " ============
-syn cluster	vimHighlightCluster		contains=vimHiLink,vimHiClear,vimHiKeyList,vimComment,vim9Comment
+syn cluster	vimHighlightCluster		contains=vimHiLink,vimHiClear,vimHiKeyList,@vimComment
 if !exists("g:vimsyn_noerror") && !exists("g:vimsyn_novimhictermerror")
  syn match	vimHiCtermError	contained	"\D\i*"
 endif
@@ -813,16 +844,21 @@
 
 " Beginners - Patterns that involve ^ {{{2
 " =========
-syn match	vimLineComment	+^[ \t:]*".*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle,vimComment
-syn match	vimLineComment	+^[ \t:]*"\("[^"]*"\|[^"]\)*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle
-syn match	vim9LineComment	+^[ \t:]\+#.*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle
+if s:vim9script
+  syn match	vimLineComment	+^[ \t:]*".*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle contained
+  syn match	vim9LineComment	+^[ \t:]*#.*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vim9CommentTitle
+else
+  syn match	vimLineComment	+^[ \t:]*".*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vimCommentTitle
+  syn match	vim9LineComment	+^[ \t:]*#.*$+	contains=@vimCommentGroup,vimCommentString,vim9CommentTitle contained
+endif
 syn match	vimCommentTitle	'"\s*\%([sS]:\|\h\w*#\)\=\u\w*\(\s\+\u\w*\)*:'hs=s+1	contained contains=vimCommentTitleLeader,vimTodo,@vimCommentGroup
-" Note: Look-behind to work around nextgroup skipnl consuming leading whitespace and preventing a match
+syn match	vim9CommentTitle	'#\s*\%([sS]:\|\h\w*#\)\=\u\w*\(\s\+\u\w*\)*:'hs=s+1	contained contains=vim9CommentTitleLeader,vimTodo,@vimCommentGroup
 syn match	vimContinue		"^\s*\zs\\"
 syn match         vimContinueComment	'^\s*\zs["#]\\ .*' contained
 syn cluster	vimContinue contains=vimContinue,vimContinueComment
 syn region	vimString	start="^\s*\\\z(['"]\)" skip='\\\\\|\\\z1' end="\z1" oneline keepend contains=@vimStringGroup,vimContinue
 syn match	vimCommentTitleLeader	'"\s\+'ms=s+1	contained
+syn match	vim9CommentTitleLeader	'#\s\+'ms=s+1	contained
 
 " Searches And Globals: {{{2
 " ====================
@@ -831,6 +867,17 @@
 syn region	vimGlobal	matchgroup=Statement start='\<g\%[lobal]!\=/'  skip='\\.' end='/'	skipwhite nextgroup=vimSubst1
 syn region	vimGlobal	matchgroup=Statement start='\<v\%[global]!\=/' skip='\\.' end='/'	skipwhite nextgroup=vimSubst1
 
+" Vim9 Script Regions: {{{2
+" ==================
+
+if s:vim9script
+  syn cluster vimLegacyTop contains=TOP,vimPreVim9script,vim9Comment,vim9LineComment
+  syn region vimPreVim9script start="\%^" end="^\ze\s*vim9s\%[cript]\>" contains=@vimLegacyTop,vimComment,vimLineComment
+
+  syn keyword vim9ScriptArg noclear
+  syn keyword vimCommand vim9s[cript] nextgroup=vim9ScriptArg skipwhite
+endif
+
 " Embedded Scripts:  {{{2
 " ================
 "   perl,ruby     : Benoit Cerrina
@@ -1038,6 +1085,7 @@
   hi def link vimBufnrWarn	vimWarn
  endif
 
+ hi def link vim9ScriptArg	Special
  hi def link vimAbb	vimCommand
  hi def link vimAddress	vimMark
  hi def link vimAugroupBang	vimBang
@@ -1057,6 +1105,7 @@
  hi def link vim9Comment	Comment
  hi def link vimCommentString	vimString
  hi def link vimCommentTitle	PreProc
+ hi def link vim9CommentTitle	PreProc
  hi def link vimCondHL	vimCommand
  hi def link vimConst	vimCommand
  hi def link vimContinue	Special
@@ -1114,6 +1163,7 @@
  hi def link vimHLGroup	vimGroup
  hi def link vimInsert	vimString
  hi def link vimIskSep	Delimiter
+ hi def link vim9KeymapLineComment	vimKeymapLineComment
  hi def link vimKeymapLineComment	vimComment
  hi def link vimKeymapTailComment	vimComment
  hi def link vimLet	vimCommand
@@ -1236,5 +1286,5 @@
 delc VimFoldr
 delc VimFoldt
 let &cpo = s:keepcpo
-unlet s:keepcpo
+unlet s:keepcpo s:vim9script
 " vim:ts=18 fdm=marker ft=vim