Goud (also spelt as Gaud or Gawd) Saraswat Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community in India and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community.They belong to the Pancha (five) Gauda Brahmana groups.They are popularly referred to as GSBs.They primarily speak Konkani as their mother tongue, however many have native language proficiency in Marathi.