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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.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Turvali

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 you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
read1 Corinthians 3:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified in making disciples and be used by God to further His kingdom near and far.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
read2 Corinthians 3:16

Give thanks to God for believers around the world who are willing to cross cultures to share the gospel with those who are perishing. Pray that He will work through their witness to draw many to turn to Him.

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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