diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/language-access.workspace-context.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/language-access.workspace-context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caa77c98f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/language-access.workspace-context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import type { UmbControllerHost } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/controller-api';
+import { UmbContextBase } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/class-api';
+import type { UmbVariantDatasetWorkspaceContext } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/workspace';
+import { UMB_VARIANT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/workspace';
+import { UMB_CURRENT_USER_CONTEXT } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/current-user';
+import type { UmbVariantOptionModel, UmbVariantModel } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/variant';
+import { UmbVariantId } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/variant';
+
+export class UmbLanguageAccessWorkspaceContext extends UmbContextBase<unknown> {
+	#workspaceContext?: UmbVariantDatasetWorkspaceContext;
+	#currentUserAllowedLanguages?: Array<string>;
+	#currentUserHasAccessToAllLanguages?: boolean;
+	#variantOptions?: UmbVariantOptionModel<UmbVariantModel>[];
+
+	constructor(host: UmbControllerHost) {
+		super(host, 'UmbLanguageAccessWorkspaceContext');
+
+		this.consumeContext(UMB_VARIANT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT, (instance) => {
+			this.#workspaceContext = instance;
+			this.observe(instance.variantOptions, (variantOptions) => {
+				this.#variantOptions = variantOptions;
+				this.#checkForLanguageAccess();
+			});
+		});
+
+		this.consumeContext(UMB_CURRENT_USER_CONTEXT, (context) => {
+			this.observe(context.languages, (languages) => {
+				this.#currentUserAllowedLanguages = languages;
+				this.#checkForLanguageAccess();
+			});
+
+			this.observe(context.hasAccessToAllLanguages, (hasAccessToAllLanguages) => {
+				this.#currentUserHasAccessToAllLanguages = hasAccessToAllLanguages;
+				this.#checkForLanguageAccess();
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	async #checkForLanguageAccess() {
+		if (!this.#workspaceContext) return;
+
+		// find all disallowed languages
+		const disallowedLanguages = this.#variantOptions?.filter((variant) => {
+			if (this.#currentUserHasAccessToAllLanguages) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			if (!variant.culture) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			return !this.#currentUserAllowedLanguages?.includes(variant.culture);
+		});
+
+		// create a list of variantIds for the disallowed languages
+		const variantIds = disallowedLanguages?.map((variant) => new UmbVariantId(variant.culture, variant.segment)) || [];
+
+		// create a list of states for the disallowed languages
+		const identifier = 'UMB_LANGUAGE_ACCESS_';
+		const readOnlyStates = variantIds.map((variantId) => {
+			return {
+				unique: identifier + variantId.culture,
+				variantId,
+				message: 'You do not have access edit to this language',
+			};
+		});
+
+		// remove all previous states before adding new ones
+		const uniques = this.#variantOptions?.map((variant) => identifier + variant.culture) || [];
+		this.#workspaceContext.readOnlyState?.removeStates(uniques);
+
+		// add new states
+		this.#workspaceContext.readOnlyState?.addStates(readOnlyStates);
+	}
+}
+
+export { UmbLanguageAccessWorkspaceContext as api };
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/manifests.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/manifests.ts
index 704121a188..c5783e4cb2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/manifests.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/language/manifests.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,16 @@ export const manifests: Array<ManifestTypes> = [
 	...modalManifests,
 	...collectionManifests,
 	...globalContextManifests,
+	{
+		type: 'workspaceContext',
+		name: 'Document Language Access Workspace Context',
+		alias: 'Umb.WorkspaceContext.DocumentLanguageAccess',
+		api: () => import('./language-access.workspace-context.js'),
+		conditions: [
+			{
+				alias: 'Umb.Condition.WorkspaceAlias',
+				match: 'Umb.Workspace.Document',
+			},
+		],
+	},
 ];