Only tangentially related, but this reminds me of something I've wanted for a while: Are there any languages for relational queries, but with improved syntax (c

Only tangentially related, but this reminds me of something I've wanted for a while: Are there any languages for relational queries, but with improved syntax (composability, epxression capture, static typing?) and which "compile" down to SQL? Ideally, I imagine something that looks something like RethinkDB's ReQL, but DSL-ed up a bit beyond what's possible when it's "just" a JS library (eg, a nicer syntax for referencing table and row instead of "r.table('table name').row('row name')" and support for operator literals so you can write ">" instead of ".gt" or similar.).