diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/csv.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/csv.vim
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+vim9script
+
+# Maintainer: Maxim Kim <habamax@gmail.com>
+# Last Update: 2024-06-18
+
+if !exists("b:csv_delimiter")
+    # detect delimiter
+    var delimiters = ",;\t|"
+
+    var max = 0
+    for d in delimiters
+        var count = getline(1)->split(d)->len() + getline(2)->split(d)->len()
+        if count > max
+            max = count
+            b:csv_delimiter = d
+        endif
+    endfor
+endif
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+    finish
+endif
+b:did_ftplugin = 1
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/csv.vim b/runtime/syntax/csv.vim
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+vim9script
+
+# Maintainer: Maxim Kim <habamax@gmail.com>
+# Last Update: 2024-06-18
+
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+    finish
+endif
+
+var delimiter = get(b:, "csv_delimiter", ",")
+
+# generate bunch of following syntaxes:
+# syntax match csvCol8 /.\{-}\(,\|$\)/ nextgroup=escCsvCol0,csvCol0
+# syntax region escCsvCol8 start=/ *"\([^"]*""\)*[^"]*/ end=/" *\(,\|$\)/ nextgroup=escCsvCol0,csvCol0
+for col in range(8, 0, -1)
+    var ncol = (col == 8 ? 0 : col + 1)
+    exe $'syntax match csvCol{col}' .. ' /.\{-}\(' .. delimiter .. '\|$\)/ nextgroup=escCsvCol' .. ncol .. ',csvCol' .. ncol
+    exe $'syntax region escCsvCol{col}' .. ' start=/ *"\([^"]*""\)*[^"]*/ end=/" *\(' .. delimiter .. '\|$\)/ nextgroup=escCsvCol' .. ncol .. ',csvCol' .. ncol
+endfor
+
+hi def link csvCol1 Statement
+hi def link csvCol2 Constant
+hi def link csvCol3 Type
+hi def link csvCol4 PreProc
+hi def link csvCol5 Identifier
+hi def link csvCol6 Special
+hi def link csvCol7 String
+hi def link csvCol8 Comment
+
+hi def link escCsvCol1 csvCol1
+hi def link escCsvCol2 csvCol2
+hi def link escCsvCol3 csvCol3
+hi def link escCsvCol4 csvCol4
+hi def link escCsvCol5 csvCol5
+hi def link escCsvCol6 csvCol6
+hi def link escCsvCol7 csvCol7
+hi def link escCsvCol8 csvCol8
+
+b:current_syntax = "csv"