Furthermore, the Society's mission statement mentions the gathering and disseminating of "up-to-date knowledge concerning the world`s present-day languages, dialects, and other language varieties in the context of their distribution and use, their relative practical importance, their perceived usefulness and actual availability from economic, political and cultural standpoints, their genetic, historical and geographical affiliations and relationships, and their identification and use in spoken and written form".
The Society's mission statement aims to gather and disseminate knowledge about the world's languages, dialects, and other language varieties, considering their distribution, use, importance, usefulness, availability, genetic connections, historical background, geographical origins, and usage in both spoken and written forms.