diff --git a/data/syntax/stata.xml b/data/syntax/stata.xml
--- a/data/syntax/stata.xml
+++ b/data/syntax/stata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
-<language name="Stata" version="8" kateversion="2.3" section="Scientific" extensions="*.do; *.ado; *.doh; *.DO; *.ADO; *.DOH"
+<language name="Stata" version="9" kateversion="2.3" section="Scientific" extensions="*.do; *.ado; *.doh; *.DO; *.ADO; *.DOH"
  casesensitive="1" priority="5" author="Larry Radbill (Larry.Radbill gmail com)" license="LGPL" >
 
   <highlighting>
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@
         <RegExpr      attribute="GlobalMacro"   context="#stay" String="\$[A-Za-z0-9_?{}!]+" />
 
         <DetectChar   attribute="String"        context="string" char="&quot;"/>
-        <Detect2Chars attribute="String2"       context="#stay" char="`" char1='"'/>
+        <Detect2Chars attribute="String"        context="#stay" char="`" char1='"'/>
 
         <RangeDetect  attribute="Macro"         context="#stay" char= "`" char1= "'" />
 
@@ -3206,7 +3206,6 @@
       <itemData name="Macro"          defStyleNum="dsOthers"/>
       <itemData name="GlobalMacro"    defStyleNum="dsOthers"/>
 
-      <itemData name="Data Type"      defStyleNum="dsDataType"/>
       <itemData name="Comment"        defStyleNum="dsComment"/>
 
     </itemDatas>