# Loi

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Indigenous people of Manipur, India

For other uses, see [LOI (disambiguation)](/source/LOI_(disambiguation)), [Loi (surname)](/source/Loi_(surname)), and [Loi language](/source/Loi_language).

**Loi** is the word in the [Meitei language](/source/Meitei_language) (Meiteilon) for the term "[scheduled caste](/source/Scheduled_Castes_and_Tribes)". The term *Loi* is given to the indigenous and aboriginal people of [Manipur](/source/Manipur) in [northeast India](/source/Northeast_India) who refused to adopt [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism) or were semi-Hinduised when the newly converted Manipuri king ordered all his subjects to adopt the religion.

The [Chakpa language](/source/Chakpa_language) is also known as Loi. Although Chakpa people are usually considered to be Loi, not all Loi are Chakpa.[1]

There are two kinds of Loi according to Parratt (1998):[2][1]

- tributary tribes conquered by the Meitheis

- outcast people from Meithei society who were banished to Loi villages

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Huziwara2020_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Huziwara2020_1-1) Huziwara, Keisuke (2020). ["On the genetic position of Chakpa within Luish languages"](https://doi.org/10.5070%2FH91150999). *Himalayan Linguistics*. **19** (2). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5070/H91150999](https://doi.org/10.5070%2FH91150999). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1544-7502](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1544-7502). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [229389895](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:229389895).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Parratt, John ed. (1998). *Notes on Meithei (Manipuri) beliefs and customs*. Manipur: Iboyaima Printers.

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