The journal has existed in its present form since 1977. A predecessor journal, called La monda lingvo-problemo ("The world language problem" in Esperanto), had appeared since 1969 published by Mouton and edited by Victor Sadler (1969–1972) and Richard E. Wood (1973–1976). The current editor-in-chief is Timothy G. Reagan (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan).
While many articles are in English, the journal is open for articles written in any language.[1]