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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

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
readColossians 2:23

Pray for those without Christ, that they will see the emptiness of human traditions and turn to the truth and grace found in Jesus.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
TurvaliPG006411TurvaliPakistan138,000Engaged yet UnreachedTorwaliSunni Islam

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