{{Short description|Indigenous people of Manipur, India}} {{Other uses|LOI (disambiguation)|Loi (surname)|Loi language}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
'''Loi''' is the word in the [[Meitei language]] (Meiteilon) for the term "[[Scheduled Castes and Tribes|scheduled caste]]". The term ''Loi'' is given to the indigenous and aboriginal people of [[Manipur]] in [[northeast India]] who refused to adopt [[Hinduism]] or were semi-Hinduised when the newly converted Manipuri king ordered all his subjects to adopt the religion.
The [[Chakpa language]] is also known as Loi. Although Chakpa people are usually considered to be Loi, not all Loi are Chakpa.<ref name="Huziwara2020">{{cite journal|last1=Huziwara|first1=Keisuke|title=On the genetic position of Chakpa within Luish languages|journal=Himalayan Linguistics|volume=19|issue=2|year=2020|issn=1544-7502|doi=10.5070/H91150999|s2cid=229389895 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
There are two kinds of Loi according to Parratt (1998):<ref>Parratt, John ed. (1998). ''Notes on Meithei (Manipuri) beliefs and customs''. Manipur: Iboyaima Printers.</ref><ref name="Huziwara2020"/> * tributary tribes conquered by the Meitheis * outcast people from Meithei society who were banished to Loi villages
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[[Category:Meitei language]] [[Category:Indian words and phrases]] [[Category:Scheduled Castes]]
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