diff --git a/src/tools/Koe.multi b/src/tools/Koe.multi
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+-- baseline
+
+> langs Eng Swe Fin
+house ; hus ; talo
+car, automobile ; bil ; auto
+man ; man ; mies
+girl ; flicka, tjej ; tyttö
+technical university ; teknisk högskola ; teknillinen korkeakoulu
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/tools/Multi.hs b/src/tools/Multi.hs
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+module Main where
+
+import List
+import Char
+import System
+
+-- quick way of writing a multilingual lexicon and (with some more work) a grammar
+
+usage = "usage: runghc Multi (-pgf)? file"
+
+{-
+-- This multi-line comment is a possible file in the format.
+-- comments are as in GF, one-liners
+
+-- always start by declaring lang names as follows
+> langs Eng Fin Swe
+
+-- baseline rules: semicolon-separated line-by-line entries update abs and cncs, adding to S
+cheers ; skål ; terveydeksi
+
+-- alternatives within a language are comma-separated
+cheers ; skål ; terveydeksi, kippis
+
+-- more advanced: verbatim abstract rules prefixed by "> abs"
+> abs cat Drink ;
+> abs fun drink : Drink -> S ;
+
+-- verbatim concrete rules prefixed by ">" and comma-separated language list
+> Eng,Swe lin Gin = "gin" ; 
+
+-}
+
+
+main = do
+ xx <- getArgs
+ if null xx putStrLn usage else do
+  let (opts,file) = (init xx, last xx)
+  src <- readFile file
+  let multi = getMulti (takeWhile (/='.') file) src
+      absn  = absName multi
+      cncns = cncNames multi
+  writeFile (gfFile absn) (absCode multi)
+  mapM_ (uncurry writeFile) 
+        [(gfFile cncn, cncCode absn cncn cod) | 
+          cncn <- cncNames multi, let cod = [r | (la,r) <- cncRules multi, la == cncn]]
+  putStrLn $ "wrote " ++ unwords (map gfFile (absn:cncns))
+  if elem "-pgf" xx 
+    then do
+       system ("gf -make -s -optimize-pgf " ++ unwords (map gfFile cncns))
+       putStrLn $ "wrote " ++ absn ++ ".pgf"
+    else return ()
+
+data Multi = Multi {
+  absName  :: String,
+  cncNames :: [String],
+  startCat :: String,
+  absRules :: [String],
+  cncRules :: [(String,String)] -- lang,lin
+  }
+
+emptyMulti :: Multi 
+emptyMulti = Multi {
+  absName  = "Abs",
+  cncNames = [],
+  startCat = "S",
+  absRules = [],
+  cncRules = []
+  }
+
+absCode :: Multi -> String
+absCode multi = unlines $ header : start ++ (reverse (absRules multi)) ++ ["}"] where
+  header = "abstract " ++ absName multi ++ " = {"
+  start  = ["flags startcat = " ++ cat ++ " ;", "cat " ++ cat ++ " ;"]
+  cat = startCat multi
+
+cncCode :: String -> String -> [String] -> String
+cncCode ab cnc rules = unlines $ header : (reverse rules ++ ["}"]) where
+  header = "concrete " ++ cnc ++ " of " ++ ab ++ " = {"
+
+getMulti :: String -> String -> Multi
+getMulti m s = foldl (flip addMulti) (emptyMulti{absName = m}) (lines s)
+
+addMulti :: String -> Multi -> Multi
+addMulti line multi = case line of
+  '-':'-':_ -> multi
+  _ | all isSpace line -> multi
+  '>':s -> case words s of
+     "langs":ws -> let las = [absName multi ++ w | w <- ws] in multi {
+       cncNames = las, 
+       cncRules = concat [[(la,"lincat " ++ startCat multi ++ " = Str ;"),
+                           (la,"flags coding = utf8 ;")] | la <- las]
+       }
+     "startcat":c:ws -> multi {startCat = c}
+     "abs":ws   -> multi {
+       absRules = unwords ws : absRules multi
+       }
+     langs:ws   -> multi {
+       cncRules = [(absName multi ++ la, unwords ws) | la <- chop ',' langs] ++ cncRules multi
+       }
+  _ -> let (cat,fun,lins) = getRules (startCat multi) line 
+       in multi {
+         absRules = ("fun " ++ fun ++ " : " ++ cat ++ " ;") : absRules multi,
+         cncRules = zip (cncNames multi) lins ++ cncRules multi
+         }
+
+getRules :: String -> String -> (String,String,[String])
+getRules cat line = (cat, fun, map lin rss) where
+  rss = map (map unspace . chop ',') $ chop ';' line
+  fun = map idChar (head (head rss)) ++ "_" ++ cat
+  lin rs = "lin " ++ fun ++ " = " ++ unwords (intersperse "|" (map quote rs)) ++ " ;"
+
+chop :: Eq c => c -> [c] -> [[c]]
+chop c cs = case break (==c) cs of
+  (w,_:cs2) -> w : chop c cs2
+  ([],[])   -> []
+  (w,_)     -> [w]
+
+-- remove spaces from beginning and end, leave them in the middle
+unspace :: String -> String
+unspace = unwords . words
+
+quote :: String -> String
+quote r = "\"" ++ r ++ "\""
+
+-- to guarantee that the char can be used in an ident
+idChar :: Char -> Char
+idChar c = 
+  if (n > 47 && n < 58) || (n > 64 && n < 91) || (n > 96 && n < 123) 
+  then c
+  else '_'
+ where n = fromEnum c
+
+
+gfFile :: FilePath -> FilePath
+gfFile f = f ++ ".gf"
+
+