diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d4f4b0..6a78d65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 _build
 _tmp
+dist-newstyle
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 91766c3..bb26ae8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,20 +12,30 @@ OUTPUTSTYLE = $(patsubst %,$(BUILDDIR)/%,$(STYLE))
 
 OUTPUT = $(OUTPUTPAGES) $(OUTPUTSTYLE)
 
+LANGFILTER = $(TMPDIR)/langfilter
+EXECS = $(LANGFILTER)
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: $(OUTPUT)
 
-$(BUILDDIR)/%.html: $(PAGESDIR)/%.md $(TEMPLATE)
+$(BUILDDIR)/%.html: $(PAGESDIR)/%.md $(TEMPLATE) $(LANGFILTER)
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	pandoc -s --toc --template $(TEMPLATE) -o $@ $<
+	pandoc -s --toc --template $(TEMPLATE) --filter $(LANGFILTER) -o $@ $<
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/%: %
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
+$(LANGFILTER): langfilter/*.hs langfilter/langfilter.cabal
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	cabal build -v0 all
+	find dist-newstyle -name $(notdir $@) \
+	  -print -type f -exec cp {} $(TMPDIR) \;
+
+
 .PHONY: clean distclean
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4aa891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+packages: ./langfilter
diff --git a/langfilter/langfilter.cabal b/langfilter/langfilter.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c18973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langfilter/langfilter.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cabal-version: 2.2
+name: langfilter
+version: 0.1.0
+synopsis: filter for conlang stuff
+license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+author: Rhiannon Morris <rhi@rhiannon.website>
+maintainer: Rhiannon Morris <rhi@rhiannon.website>
+
+executable langfilter
+  hs-source-dirs: .
+  main-is: langfilter.hs
+  ghc-options:
+    -Wall -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+  default-extensions:
+    BlockArguments,
+    LambdaCase,
+    PatternSynonyms,
+    ViewPatterns
+  build-depends:
+    base ^>= 4.14.0.0,
+    pandoc-types == 1.17.*
diff --git a/langfilter/langfilter.hs b/langfilter/langfilter.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..090c47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langfilter/langfilter.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import Text.Pandoc.Definition
+import Text.Pandoc.JSON
+import Text.Pandoc.Builder
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = toJSONFilter \case
+  Code _ txt
+    | Just _ <- enclosed '/' '/' txt ->
+        Span (cls ["ipa", "ipa-broad"]) $ text' txt
+    | Just _ <- enclosed '[' ']' txt ->
+        Span (cls ["ipa", "ipa-narrow"]) $ text' txt
+    | Just txt' <- enclosed '{' '}' txt ->
+        Span (cls ["lang"]) $ text' txt'
+  i -> i
+
+cls :: [String] -> Attr
+cls cs = ("", cs, [])
+
+text' :: String -> [Inline]
+text' = toList . text
+
+
+enclosed :: Char -> Char -> String -> Maybe String
+enclosed o c txt
+  | length txt >= 2, head txt == o, last txt == c
+  = Just $ init $ tail txt
+enclosed _ _ _ = Nothing