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 focuses on collecting and distributing information about the world's languages, dialects, and other language varieties. This includes understanding their distribution, use, importance, usefulness, availability, genetic relationships, historical background, geographical origins, and how they are used in spoken and written forms.