Why are Shanghainese called "Allah"?

"Allah" comes from Ningbo dialect of Wu dialect. Taking Ningbo dialect as an example, Ningbo dialect often ends with "la" when expressing many people. For example, "Qula" is what they mean. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, a large number of Ningbo people entered Shanghai, which had a great influence on Shanghai dialect.

The local expression of "we" in Shanghai is "sorry", but after a large number of Ningbo people immigrated to Shanghai, "Ala" rose from the middle and lower classes and became the representative of Shanghai dialect, so that the only Shanghai dialect that many non-Shanghainese knew was "Ala". In addition, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province and Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province also take Allah as the first person.

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The first batch of immigrants in modern times mainly came from Wuyu area of Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, among which they were generally subdivided into Ningbo people, Shaoxing people and Suzhou people according to the Qing Dynasty. They constitute the main body of residents in the central city of Shanghai, especially Ningbo people. In the late Qing Dynasty, due to the rapid social unrest, a large number of immigrants from Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu occupied the middle and upper classes and took refuge in Shanghai. At the same time, some middle and lower classes have also entered Shanghai to work and live, hoping for stability.

At that time, Ningbo people used their geographical and linguistic advantages to quickly surpass Guangdong comprador and become the most influential businessmen in Shanghai. The word "Allah" in Shanghai dialect comes from Ningbo dialect. At that time, it was said that Ningbo people were in charge of finance and Wuxi people were in charge of industry.

There are many celebrities in Ningbo, such as Yan Xinhou, Zhu, Qin Runqing,,,, Ye Chengzhong, the king of hardware, Yu Mingyu, the king of steel, Liu Hongsheng, the king of enterprise, and the king of pigments. Ningbo businessmen dominated the shipping industry and banks in Shanghai at that time and controlled the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce for a long time.

Ningbo businessmen founded the first Chinese bank in China-China Trading Bank, the first hardware store, south goods store, silk shop, match factory, dyeing and weaving factory, chemical factory, printing factory, light bulb factory, daily chemical factory, machine dyeing and weaving enterprise, Chinese medicine shop and watch shop.

The first suit of Chinese tunic suit, the first ship in China, the first bus line, the earliest private instrument factory, even the earliest insurance company, real estate company, stock exchange, the largest taxi company, China Agricultural Bank. Even the "Great World" amusement park was born in the hands of Ningbo people.

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