diff --git a/.github/contributors/Baciccin.md b/.github/contributors/Baciccin.md
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+# spaCy contributor agreement
+
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+## Contributor Details
+
+| Field                          | Entry                    |
+|------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
+| Name                           | Giovanni Battista Parodi |
+| Company name (if applicable)   |                          |
+| Title or role (if applicable)  |                          |
+| Date                           | 2020-03-19               |
+| GitHub username                | Baciccin                 |
+| Website (optional)             |                          |
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b4b29798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
+from .tokenizer_exceptions import TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS
+from .punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
+
+from ..tokenizer_exceptions import BASE_EXCEPTIONS
+from ..norm_exceptions import BASE_NORMS
+from ...language import Language
+from ...attrs import LANG, NORM
+from ...util import update_exc, add_lookups
+
+
+class LigurianDefaults(Language.Defaults):
+    lex_attr_getters = dict(Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters)
+    lex_attr_getters[LANG] = lambda text: "lij"
+    lex_attr_getters[NORM] = add_lookups(
+        Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters[NORM], BASE_NORMS
+    )
+    tokenizer_exceptions = update_exc(BASE_EXCEPTIONS, TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS)
+    stop_words = STOP_WORDS
+    infixes = TOKENIZER_INFIXES
+
+
+class Ligurian(Language):
+    lang = "lij"
+    Defaults = LigurianDefaults
+
+
+__all__ = ["Ligurian"]
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py b/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4034ae7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+"""
+Example sentences to test spaCy and its language models.
+
+>>> from spacy.lang.lij.examples import sentences
+>>> docs = nlp.pipe(sentences)
+"""
+
+
+sentences = [
+    "Sciusciâ e sciorbî no se peu.",
+    "Graçie di çetroin, che me son arrivæ.",
+    "Vegnime apreuvo, che ve fasso pescâ di òmmi.",
+    "Bella pe sempre l'ægua inta conchetta quande unn'agoggia d'ægua a se â trapaña.",
+]
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4439376c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from ..punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
+from ..char_classes import ALPHA
+
+
+ELISION = " ' ’ ".strip().replace(" ", "").replace("\n", "")
+
+
+_infixes = TOKENIZER_INFIXES + [
+    r"(?<=[{a}][{el}])(?=[{a}])".format(a=ALPHA, el=ELISION)
+]
+
+TOKENIZER_INFIXES = _infixes
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py b/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ab34adf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+STOP_WORDS = set(
+    """
+a à â a-a a-e a-i a-o aiva aloa an ancheu ancon apreuvo ascì atra atre atri atro avanti avei
+
+bella belle belli bello ben
+
+ch' che chì chi ciù co-a co-e co-i co-o comm' comme con cösa coscì cöse 
+
+d' da da-a da-e da-i da-o dapeu de delongo derê di do doe doî donde dòppo
+
+é e ê ea ean emmo en ëse
+
+fin fiña
+
+gh' ghe guæei
+
+i î in insemme int' inta inte inti into
+
+l' lê lì lô
+
+m' ma manco me megio meno mezo mi
+
+na n' ne ni ninte nisciun nisciuña no
+
+o ò ô oua
+
+parte pe pe-a pe-i pe-e pe-o perché pittin pö primma pròpio
+
+quæ quand' quande quarche quella quelle quelli quello
+
+s' sce scê sci sciâ sciô sciù se segge seu sò solo son sott' sta stæta stæte stæti stæto ste sti sto
+
+tanta tante tanti tanto te ti torna tra tròppo tutta tutte tutti tutto
+
+un uña unn' unna
+
+za zu
+""".split()
+)
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py b/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2aa6f8304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from ...symbols import ORTH, LEMMA
+
+_exc = {}
+
+for raw, lemma in [
+    ("a-a", "a-o"),
+    ("a-e", "a-o"),
+    ("a-o", "a-o"),
+    ("a-i", "a-o"),
+    ("co-a", "co-o"),
+    ("co-e", "co-o"),
+    ("co-i", "co-o"),
+    ("co-o", "co-o"),
+    ("da-a", "da-o"),
+    ("da-e", "da-o"),
+    ("da-i", "da-o"),
+    ("da-o", "da-o"),
+    ("pe-a", "pe-o"),
+    ("pe-e", "pe-o"),
+    ("pe-i", "pe-o"),
+    ("pe-o", "pe-o"),
+]:
+    for orth in [raw, raw.capitalize()]:
+        _exc[orth] = [{ORTH: orth, LEMMA: lemma}]
+
+# Prefix + prepositions with à (e.g. "sott'a-o")
+
+for prep, prep_lemma in [
+    ("a-a", "a-o"),
+    ("a-e", "a-o"),
+    ("a-o", "a-o"),
+    ("a-i", "a-o"),
+]:
+    for prefix, prefix_lemma in [
+        ("sott'", "sotta"),
+        ("sott’", "sotta"),
+        ("contr'", "contra"),
+        ("contr’", "contra"),
+        ("ch'", "che"),
+        ("ch’", "che"),
+        ("s'", "se"),
+        ("s’", "se"),
+    ]:
+        for prefix_orth in [prefix, prefix.capitalize()]:
+            _exc[prefix_orth+prep] = [
+                {ORTH: prefix_orth, LEMMA: prefix_lemma},
+                {ORTH: prep, LEMMA: prep_lemma},
+            ]
+
+TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS = _exc
diff --git a/website/meta/languages.json b/website/meta/languages.json
index 8834aaddc..41c1bce7f 100644
--- a/website/meta/languages.json
+++ b/website/meta/languages.json
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
             "name": "Vietnamese",
             "dependencies": [{ "name": "Pyvi", "url": "https://github.com/trungtv/pyvi" }]
         },
+        {
+            "code": "lij",
+            "name": "Ligurian",
+            "example": "Sta chì a l'é unna fraxe.",
+            "has_examples": true
+        },
         {
             "code": "xx",
             "name": "Multi-language",