Raojia language

{{Short description|Hmongic language of Guizhou, China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Raojia

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|states=China

|region=Majiang County, Guizhou

|ethnicity=

|speakers=5,000

|date=1993

|ref={{cn|date=August 2013}}

|familycolor=Hmong-Mien

|fam2=Hmongic

|fam3=East Hmongic

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|iso3=none

|glotto=none

}}

Raojia ({{zh|绕家语}}; autonym: {{IPA|ʔeu33 ʑu21}}{{Cite book |last=Chen |first=Qiguang 陈其光 |title=Miáo Yáo yǔwén |date=2013 |publisher=Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:苗瑶语文 |trans-title=Miao and Yao Language}} or {{IPA|qɑ24 ʑuɤ24}}{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Yunbing 李云兵 |url=http://book.chaoxing.com/ebook/detail_12668242.html |title=Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū |publisher=Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe |year=2000 |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:苗语方言划分遗留问题研究}}) 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).{{Cite journal |last=Wu |first=Zhengbiao 吴正彪 |date=2009 |title=Qiándōng fāngyán Miáoyǔ tǔyǔ huàfēn wèntí de zài tàntǎo |script-title=zh:黔东方言苗语土语划分问题的再探讨 |trans-title=A Further Exploration into the Division of Miao Patois in Qiandong Dialect |journal=Jíshǒu dàxué xuébào (Shèhuì kēxué bǎn) |language=zh |volume=30 |pages=117–121 |doi=10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2009.06.018 |script-journal=zh:吉首大学学报（社会科学版）}}