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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Turvali of Pakistan

The Turvali of Pakistan, numbering approximately 138,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan people among Swat's earliest natives, displaced north into Torwal by the Yousafzai Pashtun conquest in the early sixteenth century, their language the closest living relative of ancient Gandhari, first documented by Aurel Stein in 1925. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Torwali is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Kashmiri
Primary Language(s): Torwali (trw)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 138,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006411

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Torwali
Language Family: Indo-European

64%
%
Torwali Speakers

Media Resources in Torwali:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Torwali:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Turvali are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Turvali:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Turvali of Pakistan

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
readPsalm 105:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and may feel weak in their current circumstances, they will seek the Lord's presence and persevere in the Lord's strength.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Turvali Across Countries (ROP3 - 110317) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TurvaliPG006411TurvaliPakistan138,000Engaged yet UnreachedTorwaliSunni Islam

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