Gawri language

Gawri
Kalami, Bashkarik, Kohistani
کالامي ګاوری
Gāwrī, Kālāmī
Native toPakistan
RegionKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
EthnicityKalami people
Native speakers
100,000 (2004)
Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gwc
Glottologkala1373
ELPKalami
Linguasphere59-AAC-c

Gawri (ګاوری), also known as Kalami (کالامي), Kalam Kohistani and Bashkarik, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Swat Kohistan (also called Kalam) region in the 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".