Ala's pinyin

Ala is the pronunciation of the first person pronouns "we" and "mine" in Ningbo dialect and Zhoushan dialect. Later, Ningbo people moved to Shanghai and were widely used in Shanghai.

Taking Ningbo dialect as an example, Ningbo dialect often ends with "la" when expressing many people. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanghai was only a medium-sized county on the southeast coast. Shanghai dialect was very similar to Suzhou dialect at that time. Shanghai Port 1842. With the influx of a large number of migrants, Shanghai has gradually become a mixed immigrant city. In addition, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province and Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province also take Allah as the first person.

The source of Allah:

The origin of Allah is very far away. It is a dialect in West Asia, which was called Persia in ancient times. During the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, it was very prosperous. Gold goods exchanged between the two places, and commercial transactions were very prosperous.

Persian merchants used camels to bring their belongings to Wan Li not far away, and exchanged silk materials for the Tang Dynasty. However, they often encounter dangers during their travels. In order to be perfect, every Persian businessman will bring a magic lamp called "Allah's magic lamp", and every time he encounters danger, he will shout "Allah" and be rescued by the lamp god. After a long time, "Allah" has evolved into the meaning of blessing. Every time he deals with the Tang people, he will first shout "Allah" to bless himself.

Over time, the Tang people misunderstood that Persian merchants said that Allah meant me, so I learned to use it, but today, only Shanghai is using it, and other places are basically not used.