ling · 灵 · 霊 · 령 · ลิง

The Omniglot Systems Language

Write in your language. Run everywhere.

Ling is a polyglot scripting and systems language whose keywords and builtins are available in 16+ human languages simultaneously — Chinese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, English, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, and more — in the same source file, with no #lang pragmas or context switches. It compiles to native code via a Rust backend.

Quick Start

cargo install ling-lang
ling run examples/basics/thai_hello_world.ling

# Or from source
git clone https://github.com/taellinglin/ling
cd ling
cargo run --bin ling -- run examples/basics/thai_hello_world.ling

Hello World · 五種語言

fn main() {
  bind x = 42
  print("Hello!")
}

函 主函数() {
  令 甲 = 42
  打印("你好！")
}

関数 メイン() {
  束縛 甲 = 42
  印刷("こんにちは！")
}

함수 메인() {
  바인드 갑 = 42
  출력("안녕하세요!")
}

ฟังก์ชัน หลัก() {
  ผูก ก = 42
  พิมพ์("สวัสดี!")
}

All five are valid in a single .ling file — mix and match freely.

Language Keywords

Concept	🇺🇸 EN	🇨🇳 ZH	🇯🇵 JA	🇰🇷 KO	🇹🇭 TH
Bind	`bind`	`令`	`束縛`	`바인드`	`ผูก`
Function	`fn`	`函`	`関数`	`함수`	`ฟังก์ชัน`
If	`if`	`若`	`もし`	`만약`	`ถ้า`
Else	`else`	`否则`	`他`	`아니면`	`มิฉะนั้น`
While	`while`	`循`	`間`	`동안`	`ขณะที่`
For	`for`	`历`	`繰`	`위해`	`สำหรับ`
Return	`return`	`归`	`戻る`	`반환`	`คืน`
Do block	`do`	`执`	`実行`	`실행`	`ทำ`
Match	`match`	`配`	`一致`	`매치`	`จับคู่`
Module	`mod`	`核`	`モジュール`	`모듈`	`โมดูล`
Import	`use`	`载`	`使う`	`사용`	`ใช้`
True	`true`	`真`	`真`	`참`	`จริง`
False	`false`	`假`	`偽`	`거짓`	`เท็จ`

3D / Visual Builtins

Ling has a built-in software renderer for interactive 3D rooms and visualisations. All drawing builtins are multilingual — Thai aliases shown alongside English.

Window · Camera

set_camera(cry, sry, crx, srx)    # orient camera
set_camera_pos(x, y, z)
set_zdist(2.0)
set_ambient(0.1)
present()                          # flush depth queue → screen

Vector Geometry · `vtex_*`

All vtex calls draw line-based 3D geometry on a plane defined by centre + two tangent vectors. They are fast (no pixel fills) and depth-sorted automatically. Every function has aliases in Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

English	🇹🇭 Thai	🇨🇳 Chinese	🇯🇵 Japanese	🇰🇷 Korean
`vtex_grid`	`ลายตาราง`	`纹格`	`格子模様`	`격자무늬`
`vtex_rings`	`ลายวงแหวน`	`纹环`	`リング模様`	`링무늬`
`vtex_spiral`	`ลายก้นหอย`	`纹螺`	`螺旋模様`	`나선무늬`
`vtex_star`	`ลายดาว`	`纹星`	`星模様`	`별무늬`
`vtex_flower`	`ลายดอกไม้`	`纹花`	`花模様`	`꽃무늬`
`vtex_lotus`	`ลายดอกบัว`	`纹莲`	`蓮模様`	`연꽃무늬`
`vtex_chakra`	`ลายจักร`	`纹轮`	`輪模様`	`바퀴무늬`
`vtex_yantra`	`ลายยันต์`	`纹扬特拉`	`ヤントラ模様`	`얀트라무늬`
`vtex_torii`	`ประตูโทริอิ`	`纹鸟居`	`鳥居`	`도리이`
`vtex_pagoda`	`เจดีย์`	`纹塔`	`塔`	`탑`

# vtex_grid(cx,cy,cz, ux,uy,uz, vx,vy,vz, cols,rows, cw,ch, fr,hue)
vtex_grid(0, -4, 8,  1,0,0,  0,0,1,  12,8,  1.0,1.0,  FR, 0.0)

# vtex_chakra — same call, Thai name:
ลายจักร(0, 0, 8,  1,0,0,  0,1,0,  4,32,  2.0,0.08,  FR, 1.57)

Full vtex reference: docs.ling-lang.org/reference/vtex.html

Audio · `audio_*`

audio_tone(slot, x, y, z, w, freq_hz, amp, lfo_rate, lfo_depth)
audio_volume(0.5)
audio_bgm("track.wav")
audio_bgm_volume(0.8)
audio_listener(x, y, z)

ling-fu · Package Manager

lingfu (also 灵符 / 霊符 / 영부 / ลิงฟู) is the project manager — think Cargo for Ling.

lingfu new my-room             # scaffold a new project
lingfu run                     # build & run
lingfu build                   # compile only
lingfu test                    # run tests
lingfu normalize thai          # translate entire project to Thai
lingfu normalize zh --dry-run  # preview Chinese normalization
灵符 运行                       # run in Chinese
ลิงฟู รัน                      # run in Thai

The normalize command rewrites all .ling keywords, builtin names, and file/folder names to a single target language — great for keeping large codebases consistent.

Gallery

These rooms are real .ling programs rendered live by Ling's built-in renderer:

The Matrix Cathedral	East Asian Chan Temple	Eno-Ji Meditation Hall

Mirror Garden	Thai-Japanese Clocktown	The Synthetic Garden

Workspace Crates

Crate	Purpose
	Core types and errors
	4D spatial audio + FFT
	3D/4D line renderer
	ECS + physics
	AES-GCM, Blake3, Curve25519
	Async QUIC networking
	LLM inference integration
	WebGL2 WASM target

Project Structure

ling/
├── src/
│   ├── runtime/mod.rs       # builtins, eval loop, vtex_* dispatch
│   ├── parser/              # hand-written polyglot lexer + grammar
│   ├── lexer/mod.rs         # 16-language keyword classifier
│   └── visualize.rs         # SVG AST map generator
├── crates/
│   ├── ling-audio/          # FFT + 4D positional synthesis
│   ├── ling-fu/             # lingfu package manager
│   └── ...
├── examples/                # .ling demo rooms
│   ├── ling-dao-chamber.ling
│   ├── Garden.ling
│   └── ...
├── lexicons/                # language alias documentation
│   ├── en.ling  zh.ling  ja.ling  ko.ling  th.ling
└── docs/                    # mdBook → docs.ling-lang.org

Building

cargo build                                        # debug
cargo build --release                              # release
cargo run --bin ling -- run examples/audiovisual/Garden.ling   # run a room
cargo run --bin ling -- visualize examples/audiovisual/Garden.ling > Garden.svg
mdbook build docs && mdbook serve docs             # local docs

Documentation

Resource	Link
Language reference	docs.ling-lang.org
API docs (docs.rs)	docs.rs/ling-lang
Website + gallery	ling-lang.org
vtex builtin reference	docs.ling-lang.org/reference/vtex.html
Multilingual builtins	docs.ling-lang.org/multilingual/builtins.html
Source code	github.com/taellinglin/ling

License

Licensed under either of Apache License 2.0 or MIT License at your option.

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ling-lang 2030.1.13