diff --git a/src/GF/API/GrammarToTransfer.hs b/src/GF/API/GrammarToTransfer.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f4fa6a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GF/API/GrammarToTransfer.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      : GrammarToTransfer
+-- Maintainer  : Björn Bringert
+-- Stability   : (stable)
+-- Portability : (portable)
+--
+-- > CVS $Date: 2005/06/17 12:39:07 $ 
+-- > CVS $Author: bringert $
+-- > CVS $Revision: 1.8 $
+--
+-- Creates a data type definition in the transfer language
+-- for an abstract module.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module GF.API.GrammarToTransfer (grammar2transfer) where
+
+import qualified GF.Canon.GFC as GFC
+import qualified GF.Grammar.Abstract as A
+import GF.Grammar.Macros
+
+import GF.Infra.Modules
+import GF.Data.Operations
+
+import Transfer.Core.Abs as C
+import Transfer.Core.Print
+
+
+-- | the main function
+grammar2transfer :: GFC.CanonGrammar -> String
+grammar2transfer gr = printTree $ C.Module [cats2cat cats, funs2tree funs]
+  where
+  defs = concat [tree2list (jments m) | im@(_,ModMod m) <- modules gr, isModAbs m]
+  -- get category name and context
+  cats = [(cat, c) | (cat,GFC.AbsCat c _) <- defs]
+  -- get function name and type
+  funs = [(fun, typ) | (fun,GFC.AbsFun typ _) <- defs]
+  name = ifNull "UnknownModule" (symid . last) [n | (n,ModMod m) <- modules gr, isModAbs m]
+
+
+cat = C.CIdent "Cat" -- FIXME
+tree = C.CIdent "Tree" -- FIXME
+
+-- | Create a declaration of the type of categories given a list
+--   of category names and their contexts.
+cats2cat :: [(A.Ident,A.Context)] -> Decl
+cats2cat = C.DataDecl cat C.EType . map (uncurry catCons)
+  where
+  catCons i c = C.ConsDecl (id2id i) (catConsType c)
+  catConsType = foldr pi (C.EVar cat)
+  pi (i,x) t = C.EPi (id2pv i) (term2exp x) t
+
+funs2tree :: [(A.Ident,A.Type)] -> Decl
+funs2tree = 
+    C.DataDecl tree (C.EPi C.PVWild (EVar cat) C.EType) . map (uncurry funCons)
+  where 
+  funCons i t = C.ConsDecl (id2id i) (term2exp t)
+
+term2exp :: A.Term -> C.Exp
+term2exp t = case t of
+  A.Vr i         -> C.EVar (id2id i)
+  A.App t1 t2    -> C.EApp (term2exp t1) (term2exp t2)
+  A.Abs i t1     -> C.EAbs (id2pv i) (term2exp t1)
+  A.Prod i t1 t2 -> C.EPi (id2pv i) (term2exp t1) (term2exp t2)
+  A.Q m i        -> C.EVar (id2id i)
+  _ -> error $ "term2exp: can't handle " ++ show t
+
+id2id :: A.Ident -> C.CIdent
+id2id = CIdent . symid
+
+id2pv :: A.Ident -> PatternVariable
+id2pv = C.PVVar . id2id
diff --git a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Custom.hs b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Custom.hs
index 26bad1ee9..f888c22ab 100644
--- a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Custom.hs
+++ b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Custom.hs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import GF.UseGrammar.Statistics
 import GF.UseGrammar.Morphology
 import GF.UseGrammar.Information
 import GF.API.GrammarToHaskell
+import GF.API.GrammarToTransfer
 -----import GrammarToCanon (showCanon, showCanonOpt)
 -----import qualified GrammarToGFC as GFC
 import GF.Probabilistic.Probabilistic (prProbs)
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ customGrammarPrinter =
   ,(strCI "lbnf",    prLBNF False)
   ,(strCI "bnf",     prBNF False)
   ,(strCI "haskell", grammar2haskell . stateGrammarST)
+  ,(strCI "transfer", grammar2transfer . stateGrammarST)
   ,(strCI "morpho",  prMorpho . stateMorpho)
   ,(strCI "fullform",prFullForm . stateMorpho)
   ,(strCI "opts",    prOpts . stateOptions)