Raojia language explained

Raojia
States:	China
Region:	Majiang County, Guizhou
Speakers:	5,000
Date:	1993
Familycolor:	Hmong-Mien
Fam2:	Hmongic
Fam3:	East Hmongic
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	none

Raojia (; autonym: pronounced as /ʔeu33 ʑu21/^[1] or pronounced as /qɑ24 ʑuɤ24/^[2]) is a Hmongic language spoken by about 5,000 people in 3 villages (including Baixing 白兴村) of Heba Township 河坝乡, Majiang County, Guizhou.

Raojia belongs to the Qiandong Miao (East Hmongic) branch (Li Yunbing 2000; Chen Qiguang 2013).^[3]

External links

Raojia numerals

Notes and References

Book: Chen, Qiguang 陈其光 . Miáo Yáo yǔwén . 2013 . Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:苗瑶语文 . Miao and Yao Language.
Book: Li, Yunbing 李云兵 . Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū . Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe . 2000 . Beijing . zh . zh:苗语方言划分遗留问题研究.
Wu . Zhengbiao 吴正彪 . 2009 . Qiándōng fāngyán Miáoyǔ tǔyǔ huàfēn wèntí de zài tàntǎo . zh:黔东方言苗语土语划分问题的再探讨 . A Further Exploration into the Division of Miao Patois in Qiandong Dialect . Jíshǒu dàxué xuébào (Shèhuì kēxué bǎn) . zh . 30 . 117–121 . 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2009.06.018 . zh:吉首大学学报（社会科学版）.