Editing Lhoba people (section)

==History==
The area nowadays inhabited by the modern Lhoba people was known in medieval texts as ''Lhoyü'' (or ''Luoyu'', ''lho-yul'', ལྷོ༌ཡུལ་). [[Lhoyü]] is now the name of an area in Tibet, while Lower Lhoyü is part of the Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. Luoyu came under the control of Tibet from the 7th century onwards.<ref>{{cite book |title=China's Tibet |author=Xiaoming Zhang |publisher=五洲传播出版社 |year=2004 |pages=23 |isbn=7-5085-0608-1}}</ref>

It is not currently known whether modern-day Lhoba peoples in fact inhabited Luoyu at the time of Tibetan conquest, nor whether languages spoken by modern-day Lhoba peoples are indigenous to this region or not. While most [[Tani people|Tani]] tribespeople living in modern-day [[Arunachal Pradesh]] point to a traditional homeland in or around this region,{{Sfn|Nyori|1987|p=}} there is currently no independent means of verification.

Most people designated as "Lhoba" within the modern-day [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] (TAR) actually refer to themselves via a diverse set of [[Exonym and endonym|endonym]]s, speak different languages, and do not traditionally self-identify as a single entity.{{Sfn|Lamb|1966|p=320}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinha |first=AC |author-link= |date=February 2005 |editor-last=Murayama |editor-first=Mayumi |title=Sub-Regional Relations in the Eastern South Asia: With Special Focus on India's North Eastern Region. Chapter 2: Arunachal Pradesh |url=https://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Jrp/133.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030212308/http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Jrp/pdf/jrp_133_02.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-30 |access-date= |website=Institute of Developing Economies |pages=18 }}</ref> The two main tribal groups which fall under the designation "Lhoba" in the TAR are the [[Mishmi people]] ({{cjkv|s=义都|p=Yìdū}}), who speak the [[Idu Mishmi language]], and the speakers of the [[Bokar language|Bokar dialect]] of [[Abo Tani]], who are found in far greater numbers inside [[Arunachal Pradesh]], a state of modern-day [[India]] claimed by China.

Other groups identified by Chinese authorities as "Lhoba" include the [[Tagin people]], who speak the [[Bangni-Tagin language]].{{Sfn|Sun|1993|p=Chap 1}}

Lhobas, with respect to the Chinese perception of Southern Tibet (administered by India as Arunachal Pradesh), have been part of Chinese documentary films and articles. This has been criticised as propaganda by pro-India propagandists such as [[Claude Arpi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arpi |first=Claude |date=3 August 2017 |title=Ten thousand methods to safeguard India's rich tribe |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/columnists/ten-thousand-methods-to-safeguard-indias-rich-tribe.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=The Pioneer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=Geeta |date=17 August 2017 |title=China usurps Northeastern tribe to corner India, prove Arunachal Pradesh as part of Tibet |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/china-usurps-northeastern-tribe-to-corner-india-prove-arunachal-pradesh-as-part-of-tibet-1029935-2017-08-17 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=India Today}}</ref>