To foster, promote, strengthen and maintain high standards of linguistic education and research in Universities and language research institutions of the SADC region.

To promote better understanding and facilitate the exchange if linguistics materials and expertise among scholars in the universities and research institutions concerned with linguistic education through cooperation with other regional and international organisations.

To promote collaboration between teachers and researchers of language and linguistics and help disseminate information and literature concerning linguistics education and research in universities and research institutions of the SACD region.

To coordinate linguistic research and teaching in universities and research institutions of the SADC region

To maintain registers and publish directories of teachers and researchers of language and linguistics in the universities and research institutions of the SADC region, and to publicize programmes of study and vacant teaching.

To facilitate exchange of students and researchers in language and linguistics in universities and research institutions of the SADC region.

To organise conferences, workshops, seminars. And teach-ins of the Association where research activities shall be reported.

To publish relevant materials for the association

To encourage and assist governments of the SADC region and other relevant bodies to formulate sound language policies for their respective countries and for the SADC region.

To assist governments of the SADC region in development [of] programmes and their implementation through appropriate and effective use of language.

To do anything that is conducive and incidental to these objectives.