Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor, accounting for less than 1% of sarcoma in head and neck region. There is a female preponderance prior to the age of 30 years. We present an alveolar soft part sarcoma of tongne in a 27-year-old woman, who received surgical resection and post-operative radiotherapy. At 2 years follow up, the patient remains well with no local recurrence and no evidence of distant metastasis.