Gawri language

Gawri
Kalami, Bashkarik, Kohistani
کالامی گاؤری
Gāwrī, Kālāmī
Native toPakistan
RegionKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
EthnicityGawri people
Native speakers
(141,560 cited 2025)
(100,000 cited 2000)
Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gwc
Glottologkala1373
ELPKalami
Linguasphere59-AAC-c

Gawri (گاؤری), also known as Kalami (کالامی), Kalam Kohistani and Bashkarik, is an Indo-Aryan language of Kohistani group spoken by Gawri people in the Swat Kohistan region of Upper Swat District and in the upper Panjkora river valley of Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Gawri and Torwali are collectively classified as "Swat Kohistani".