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new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10447b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_expr_99.dump
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diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_expr.vim b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_expr.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0547e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_expr.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+" String
+
+echo 'It''s a string'
+echo 'tab: \t, new line: \n, backslash: \\'
+echo "tab: \t, new line: \n, backslash: \\"
+
+" String interpolation
+
+echo 'Don''t highlight interpolation: {{ {1 + 2} }}'
+echo "Don't highlight interpolation: {{ {1 + 2} }}"
+echo $'Highlight interpolation:\t{{ { string({'foo': 'bar'}) } }}'
+echo $'Highlight interpolation:\t{{ { $'nested: {{ {1 + 2} }}' } }}'
+echo $"Highlight interpolation:\t{{ { string({"foo": "bar"}) } }}"
+echo $"Highlight interpolation:\t{{ { $"nested: {{ {1 + 2} }}" } }}"
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index ccbc20a..f1944ca 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -370,6 +370,12 @@
 syn match	vimStringCont	contained	+\(\\\\\|.\)\{-}[^\\]"+
 syn match	vimEscape	contained	"\\."
 
+syn region	vimString start=+$'+ end=+'+ skip=+''+ oneline contains=vimStringInterpolationBrace,vimStringInterpolationExpr
+syn region	vimString start=+$"+ end=+"+ oneline contains=@vimStringGroup,vimStringInterpolationBrace,vimStringInterpolationExpr
+syn region	vimStringInterpolationExpr matchgroup=vimOperParen start=+{+ end=+}+ oneline contains=vimFunc,vimFuncVar,vimOper,vimNotation,vimOperParen,vimString,vimVar
+syn match	vimStringInterpolationBrace "{{"
+syn match	vimStringInterpolationBrace "}}"
+
 " Substitutions: {{{2
 " =============
 syn cluster	vimSubstList	contains=vimPatSep,vimPatRegion,vimPatSepErr,vimSubstTwoBS,vimSubstRange,vimNotation
@@ -1049,6 +1055,7 @@
  hi def link vimStringCont	vimString
  hi def link vimString	String
  hi def link vimStringEnd	vimString
+ hi def link vimStringInterpolationBrace	vimEscape
  hi def link vimSubst1	vimSubst
  hi def link vimSubstDelim	Delimiter
  hi def link vimSubstFlags	Special