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Language Documentation & Description is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering all topics related to language documentation and description, including the theory and practice of language documentation, language description, sociolinguistics, language policy, and language revitalisation. In 2017 a new series called "Language Contexts" was created that focuses on the contexts in which a language or variety is spoken, providing social and cultural information that complements other linguistically-focused sources (such as Ethnologue or Glottolog). Articles include information about the speaker population, social organisation, cultural aspects, linguistic ecology (including multilingualism and factors influencing language choice), language vitality, and language use and transmission in the community, diaspora and cyberspace.

The journal was established in 2003 and originally published by the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS, University of London. In 2015 it moved to the online platform EL Publishing. The founding editors are Peter K. Austin (SOAS), David Nathan (Oxford) and Julia Sallabank (SOAS), who are supported by an international Advisory Board. To date, 14 volumes are available for free download. EL Publishing also produces multimedia and special volumes on related topics.