diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index b306aea5..8812b92f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1714,6 +1714,13 @@ Perl6:
   - .pl6
   - .pm6
 
+PigLatin:
+  type: programming
+  color: "#fcd7de"
+  lexer: Text only
+  extensions:
+  - .pig
+
 Pike:
   type: programming
   color: "#066ab2"
diff --git a/samples/PigLatin/example.pig b/samples/PigLatin/example.pig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c6f73a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/PigLatin/example.pig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * sample.pig
+ */
+
+REGISTER $SOME_JAR;
+
+A = LOAD 'person' USING PigStorage() AS (name:chararray, age:int); -- Load person
+B = FOREACH A generate name;
+DUMP B;
+