55-510: Up10tion ( Korean : 업텐션 ; pronounced eobtensyeon for "up tension", acronym for Unbelievable Perfect 10 members Teenager Idol Open Now) is a South Korean boy band formed by TOP Media in 2015. The group currently consists of seven members: Kuhn, Kogyeol, Bitto, Sunyoul, Gyujin, Hwanhee and Xiao. The group debuted with their first extended play Top Secret . In 2017, they made their Japanese debut with EP ID . Originally as ten, Jinhoo, Lee Jin-hyuk and Kim Woo-seok departed from
110-625: A foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
165-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
220-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
275-541: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
330-612: A member and the leader of Victon in November 2016. Lee Han-gyul previously debuted as a member of Yama and Hotchicks Entertainment's ballad group IM and competed with his fellow IM members in KBS2 's The Unit where he ended up in 13th place. Fellow MBK trainee Nam Do-hyon was a contestant in MBC 's Under Nineteen as a member of the Rap Team and ended up in 42nd place on the show. Member Kang Minhee
385-644: A member of Uniq in 2014. He also debuted as a solo artist and music producer under the stage name Luizy in 2016, before changing it to WOODZ in 2018. He is known for producing the Idol Producer debut evaluation song "It's Ok". Kim Woo-seok debuted in Up10tion under the name Wooshin in September 2015 and he was also the host of SBS MTV 's The Show alongside Produce 101 season 1 contestant and former I.O.I member Jeon So-mi in 2016. Han Seung-woo debuted as
440-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
495-416: A statement regarding Wooseok's hiatus. It was stated that his psychological condition had worsened due to the mental stress that he had been receiving since the end of 2016, due to a controversy that alleged he had inappropriately touched his "The Show" co-host, Jeon So-mi , near her chest area during a video. There were official statements released by both parties' agencies that denied these claims, along with
550-621: Is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean
605-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
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#1733085998074660-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
715-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
770-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
825-532: Is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during
880-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
935-523: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
990-570: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
1045-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
1100-473: The 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as
1155-814: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
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#17330859980741210-494: The accompanying lead single "Spin Off". On January 3, 2022, Up10tion released their tenth EP Novella with "Crazy About You" serving their accompanying track. On May 22, member Jinhoo was discharged from the military service. On September 15, Up10tion announced would comeback on October 12, with their eleventh extended play Code Name: Arrow . On December 29, 2022, Hwanhee and Xiao became contestants on Boys Planet . On March 9, it
1265-488: The agency. Adapted from their Naver profile Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It
1320-477: The allegations cleared up. In spite of this, X1's debut proceeded as planned. Ahead of debut, the group's reality show X1 Flash premiered on August 22, 2019 through Mnet. The reality show follows the members as they prepare for their debut, and gives a glimpse into their daily lives. The group debuted on August 27, 2019 with a debut showcase at Gocheok Sky Dome . On August 1, it was announced that their debut album would be titled Emergency: Quantum Leap with
1375-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
1430-506: The charts Social 50 and Emerging Artists at number six and number eleven respectively. Emergency: Quantum Leap sold over 500,000 physical copies in the first week of sales, breaking the record of the highest first week sales for a debut album in South Korea; the record was previously set by solo artist, Kang Daniel with his debut album, Color on Me . On July 26, 2020, the group's debut and only music video "Flash" reached over 100 million views on Youtube. In doing so, "Flash" became
1485-438: The final 10 were chosen out of the remaining 20 trainees in the final week of the show. The final member, known as the rank X member, was selected from the remaining trainees based on the highest number of cumulative votes. All members were announced via the final episode, which was broadcast live on July 19, 2019. Prior to the program, many of the members have already been active in the music industry. Cho Seung-youn debuted as
1540-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
1595-457: The group as well. In March 2023, TOP Media announced that members Kuhn and Kogyeol will be enlisting in the military on March 27 and April 10, respectively. On March 20, 2023, Top Media announced that Hwanhee's contract has ended. Xiao subsequently left the agency on March 31, after wrapping up his participation in Boys Planet . He would be the last among the seven current members to depart from
1650-787: The group on February 28, 2023. In July 2015, Up10tion introduced its members through a parody of MBC 's King of Mask Singer . On September 9, Up10tion held a debut showcase at AX Concert Hall in Seoul which 500 fans attended. Up10tion released their debut EP Top Secret , which includes the debut single "So, Dangerous", was released on September 11, 2015. The album debut at number 9 and peaked at number 7 on Gaon Album Chart. They made their official music program debut on September 10 through Mnet 's M Countdown , performing their debut single "So, Dangerous". They also had their debut album showcase in Beijing, China on September 22. The "So, Dangerous" music video
1705-459: The group should continue promoting or disband, a secret ballot was held by the members' agencies. The agencies agreed prior to voting that the group could only continue if there was unanimous agreement or else the group would disband. Four agencies voted to continue, four agencies voted to disband, and one agency whose vote was unclear was ultimately discarded. Thus, it was determined that the group would disband. Although X1 members were not invited to
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1760-542: The group which ended his 8-month hiatus. In May, Up10tion started their first tour Up10tion Japan Live Tour 2018. In June, the group started their second tour, "Up10tion 1st US Meet & Live Tour "Candyland" in 8 cities. On August 8, Up10tion released their third Japan single album "Chaser". On August 20, Up10tion released 2018 Special Photo Edition with the single "So Beautiful". On September 19, Up10tion started their third tour, Up10tion Europe Tour. On December 6, Up10tion released their seventh EP Laberinto , with
1815-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
1870-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
1925-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
1980-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
2035-457: The lead single "Attention" on April 18. On August 5, Up10tion released their fourth EP Summer Go! with the lead single "Tonight". Up10tion released their fifth EP Burst with the lead single "White Night" on November 21. Up10tion released their Japanese debut single "ID" (アイディー) on February 27. They launched their first Japan tour titled "Zepp Tour 2017 ID" in May. On June 6, TOP Media issued
2090-584: The lead single "Blue Rose". On May 31, Up10tion started their 4th tour "Laberinto Tour in North America" without Wooseok and Jinhyuk. Jinhyuk and Wooseok were contestants on Produce X 101 , with Wooseok being a finalist and in August, became a member of the new boy group X1 . The group subsequently disbanded due to the Mnet vote manipulation investigation . On August 22, Up10tion released The Moment of Illusion with
2145-407: The lead single "Your Gravity", which was promoted without Wooseok and Jinhyuk. Jinhyuk meanwhile debuted as a soloist in November. On April 7, TOP Media announced Jinhoo will go on a hiatus due to health concerns. They also announced the group will be having a summer album but it did not happen until the comeback was announced in late August. Up10tion's new EP, Light Up with the single "Light",
2200-453: The meeting, Swing CEO Cho Yoo-myung expressed their collective desire to have attended. After the group's disbandment was decided, CJ ENM suggested that a previously recorded winter track be released as a goodbye song, but the idea was rejected by two or three of the members' agencies. Similarly, a suggestion from a member's agency to record a final video was rejected by another agency. Prior to debut, X1 made their Billboard chart debut on
2255-507: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
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2310-593: The production staff from "The Show". With Wooseok on hiatus, Up10tion continued their activities as nine members. They released their sixth EP Star;dom on June 29. The EP contained six tracks, including lead single "Runner". On October 12, the group released 2017 Special Photo Edition , containing two tracks, including lead single "Going Crazy". On January 20, Up10tion released their second Japanese single album "Wild Love". On March 15, Up10tion released their first studio album Invitation with title track "Candyland" which contain 10 other tracks. Wooseok returned to
2365-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
2420-539: The single "Flash" under Swing Entertainment and was co-managed by Stone Music Entertainment . Initially contracted for five years, the Mnet vote manipulation investigation led to a halt in their activities, and after an unsuccessful negotiation about the group's future between the members' individual agencies, they disbanded on January 6, 2020. X1 was formed through the survival competition series Produce X 101 , which aired on Mnet from May 3, 2019, until July 19, 2019. Out of an initial 101 trainees participating,
2475-515: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF X1 (band) X1 ( EKS -wun ; Korean : 엑스원 , romanized : ekseuwon ) was a South Korean boy group formed by CJ ENM through the Mnet reality competition show Produce X 101 . The group was composed of eleven members: Kim Yo-han , Kim Woo-seok , Han Seung-woo , Song Hyeong-jun, Cho Seung-youn , Son Dong-pyo , Lee Han-gyul, Nam Do-hyon, Cha Jun-ho, Kang Min-hee, and Lee Eun-sang . The group debuted on August 27, 2019 with
2530-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
2585-420: The title track "Flash", composed by Score, Megatone and Onestar. On September 3, X1 won their first-ever music show win through SBS MTV 's The Show one week after debut. They received 11 wins in total for their debut song, "Flash" with their 11th win being on M Countdown on September 19. On November 5, 2019, Ahn Joon-young, the producer of Produce X 101 , was arrested, and he later admitted to manipulating
2640-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
2695-450: The vote rankings. Subsequently, X1 had several public appearances cancelled and Mnet announced that plans for the group's promotion were on hold. On December 30, 2019, CJ ENM announced that members and their agencies were in discussions on the group's future. On January 6, 2020, CJ ENM, Swing Entertainment, and the members' individual agencies held a meeting to determine the future of the group. After deliberating for an hour about whether
2750-465: Was announced by TOP Media that Hwanhee would be leaving the show permanently due to his health issues. On February 28, 2023, Lee Jin-hyuk would leaving TOP Media after deciding not to renew his contract which expires on March 11. It was also announced that Kuhn, Kogyeol, Bitto, Sunyoul and Gyujin would also be leaving the agency, but Up10tion would continue with its current seven-member lineup, confirming Jinhoo, Lee Jin-hyuk and Kim Woo-seok departure from
2805-402: Was featured in the music video for Mad Clown and Ailee's song "Thirst" in 2018. Their contract was intended to be for five years following their debut, with the first half being an exclusive contract and the other half of the period being a non-exclusive contract, meaning that the individual members can return to co-promote with their original agencies after the first half of their contract
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#17330859980742860-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
2915-482: Was over. After the program, the winning eleven contestants debuted under Stone Music 's Swing Entertainment , the label which housed the Produce 101 winner Wanna One . However, following a civil lawsuit filed against Mnet due to Produce X 101' s vote manipulation allegations , several brands cancelled their endorsement deals with X1 or put them on hold. Some of the agencies of the contestants refused to sign until
2970-615: Was ranked 9th place in Billboard ' s Most Viewed K-pop Videos in America for the month of September 2015. On November 26, Up10tion released their second EP Bravo! with the lead single "Catch Me!", which was produced by Iggy and Yong Bae, who produced Ailee's "Heaven" and GFriend's "Me Gustas Tu". It also includes the track "Party2nite", which was written and composed by Teen Top 's Changjo . The album peaked at number 5 on Gaon Album Chart. Up10tion released their third EP Spotlight with
3025-543: Was released on September 24. On November 23, it was announced that Jinhoo would begin his mandatory military service on the same day. On November 27, Up10tion released "Destiny" which was part of their Light Up album. On November 29, Bitto tested positive for COVID-19 . On December 1, Kogyeol also tested positive for COVID-19. On December 15, Xiao tested positive for COVID-19. As of December 30, all 3 members have recovered from COVID-19. On June 14, 2021, Up10tion returned with their second studio album Connection with
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