73-420: CNBLUE ( Korean : 씨엔블루 ) is a South Korean pop rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa (leader, main vocals, guitar , keyboard, rap ), Kang Min-hyuk ( drums ), and Lee Jung-shin ( bass ). First bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left the band after they released their debut Japanese extended play Now or Never in 2009, and was replaced by Lee Jung-shin. Lee Jong-hyun (guitar and vocals) left
146-462: A Zepp Tour in four cities – Osaka , Fukuoka , Nagoya and Tokyo – from January 9 to 16. FNC Entertainment released teasers for a CNBLUE comeback in February 2011. However, the release date was later changed to March 21. The teaser was noted for having "more of the same departure from their pop rock sound into a heavier concept". CNBLUE released their first full-length album First Step with
219-522: A digital download in precedence of their third Japanese studio album Wave . Released on September 17, Wave debuted at number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart . By the end of its chart run, Wave sold 42,080 copies in the country. The band then embarked on the CNBLUE 2014 Arena Tour: Wave from October to November in Aichi , Tokyo, Osaka, Miyagi , and Fukuoka. On October 4, the band performed at
292-641: 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
365-620: A Family and Seoyoung, My Daughter respectively. Jung Yong-hwa was awarded the "Hallyu Star" award at the APAN Star Awards for his lead role in the 2011 drama Heartstrings due to its popularity in Asia. At the SBS Drama Awards , Lee Jong-hyun was awarded the "New Star" award for his role in A Gentleman's Dignity . On January 14, which is CNBLUE's third anniversary, the band's fourth EP Re:Blue and music video of
438-484: 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
511-453: A YouTuber. 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
584-480: 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
657-545: 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 ,
730-485: A list of "Twitter's 50 Most-Tweeted Songs of 2014" which included worldwide artists like John Legend , Ariana Grande , Beyonce , Pharrell Williams , Lady GaGa , Enrique Iglesias , Maroon 5 , Coldplay and One Direction Billboard K-Town included the EP on their list of the "10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014" at #9, calling the tracks "Can't Stop" and "Like a Child" "some of the most accessible Korean rock tunes to come out of
803-574: 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
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#1732779934895876-641: 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
949-656: 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
1022-511: 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
1095-399: 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
1168-399: 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
1241-544: 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
1314-747: 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
1387-527: 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
1460-551: The Gaon Album Chart and went on to top the chart the following week. The single peaked at number 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart , ultimately earning the band five music show wins. 2gether was met with generally favorably reviews from music critics, particular for its use for electronic elements. Jung Min-jae of online magazine IZM noted the band for "adhering to a wide-range of pop rock genres", and that
1533-441: The Gaon Album Chart upon its release. "You're So Fine" earned the band six music show wins. The band also released their 10th Japanese single " Puzzle " on May 11. It debuted at number four on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart ; the single charted for four weeks and went on to sell over 30,000 copies by the end of its chart run. CNBLUE released their fifth Japanese album Euphoria on October 19. Euphoria debuted at number two on
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#17327799348951606-591: The Gaon Digital Chart , and achieved an all-kill on music charts. Re:Blue ranked #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart , Japan's Tower Records Chart. According to Taiwan's music site 'Omusic', the album and title track "I'm Sorry" ranked #1 on the single and album charts, respectively even before the official release in the country. After its official release in Taiwan , the album topped 8 different charts. The single "I'm Sorry" also ranked #1 in
1679-574: The Nippon Budokan in Tokyo . Performing 22 songs at each concert, the tour accumulated 75,000 attendees in total. The November 18 show in Aichi was recorded and is scheduled to air on WOWOW on January 15, 2017. Almost a year after the release of Blueming , CNBLUE released their seventh EP, 7°CN , on March 20, 2017. CNBLUE released their 14th single, " Shake " on May 10, 2017. It debuted on
1752-534: The Oricon Albums Chart and sold 43,492 copies. On November 26, CNBLUE released their first ever "best-of" album in Korea, titled Present with the Korean version of the band's Japanese songs. All of the members reportedly took part in the translation of the lyrics. On February 23, 2014, CNBLUE released their fifth EP, Can't Stop . The album debuted at #2 on the Gaon Album Chart and went on to top
1825-833: The Oricon Albums Chart . By the end of its chart run, the album sold 36,074 copies in the country. The band embarked on their fifth anniversary arena tour, Our Glory Days from November 2 to November 29, 2016. The concerts took place at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba , the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka , the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Aichi , the Marine Messe Fukuoka arena in Fukuoka , and
1898-555: The Oricon Daily Chart , marking the first time the band made it inside the top 10. The band then embarked on a small tour across Japan in order to promote the single. The same year, Kang Min-hyuk and Lee Jong-hyun made their acting debut in the omnibus film Acoustic . They released a song for the movie's OST on October 7, entitled "High Fly". On January 9, CNBLUE released their third Japanese single, "Re-maintenance". They then kick start their 2011 Japanese promotions with
1971-527: The Oricon Weekly Album Charts . CNBLUE headed back to Korea and released their next single, " Love Light " on May 10, in precedence of their next album. On May 19, their second extended play Bluelove was released and peaked at number three on the Gaon Album Chart . CNBLUE held their comeback performance on Mnet 's M! Countdown the following day. It was promoted with the track " Love ", which peaked at number two on Gaon, matching
2044-653: The Oricon Weekly Chart with 70,000+ units sold in its first week. It was later chosen as the theme song for Supernatural: The Animation . In November, "In My Head" claimed a gold record accreditation according to the RIAJ , meaning that the album sold over 100,000 copies within a month of going on sale. The band released a new single in Japan on February 1, titled " Where You Are ", composed and co-written by Jung Yong-hwa. The physical single debuted at number one on
2117-589: 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
2190-516: 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 ,
2263-473: 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
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2336-829: 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
2409-573: The CNBLUE 2017 Arena Tour Live "Starting Over" from November 3 to December 1. The band went on hiatus because the members were doing military service; before they did, they released Best of CNBLUE/OUR BOOK [2011-2018] on August 29. The album contained songs from their debut in Japan in 2011. On August 28, 2019, Jonghyun announced he was leaving CNBLUE due to his connections with the Burning Sun scandal and backlash over inappropriate messages towards
2482-508: The MYX daily chart in the Philippines . On January 22, FNC Entertainment announced CNBLUE's Blue Moon World Tour , stating that "They won't be going to just Asian countries such as China, Singapore, and Hong Kong, but also Europe, Australia, North America, and South America. The label confirmed stops for Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, and Australia, and is in
2555-655: The Taiwanese market as well, topping five charts locally and selling 70,000 copies. In April, it was announced that Jung Yong-hwa and Kang Min-hyuk were cast in the MBC drama Heartstrings , which started airing on June 29. Yong-hwa sang three of the OSTs in Heartstrings , titled "You've Fallen for Me", "Because I Miss You" (composed by himself), and "Comfort Song", while Min-hyuk sang one OST titled "Star". They first performed
2628-523: The UK. They performed 22 songs in front of over 3000 fans. The concert ended in Seoul, South Korea on December 15 and 16 marked the band's fourth concert in Seoul, all of which were sold out in 10 minutes. On December 19, CNBLUE released their 4th Japanese single " Robot ", which placed number two on both the daily and weekly Oricon Singles Chart , selling 45,640 copies. CNBLUE's long-awaited South Korean comeback
2701-495: The band and was replaced by Lee Jung-shin later that year. Their second extended play Voice was released in November. Recorded with both English and Japanese tracks, Voice peaked at number 227 and charted for two weeks. Guitarist Lee described the band's independence in the country as "tough, but equally rewarding". In January, FNC Entertainment unveiled a series of video teasers for CNBLUE's debut in South Korea. Bluetory
2774-439: The band on August 28, 2019. CN is an initialism for Code Name , while BLUE is a backronym for burning , lovely , untouchable , and emotional ; it is meant to portray the images of Jong-hyun, Min-hyuk, Jung-shin, and Yong-hwa, respectively. On January 14, 2010, CNBLUE debuted in Korea with the lead single " I'm a Loner " from their first Korean EP Bluetory . CNBLUE's first live performance took place in Tokyo , Japan, at
2847-399: The band's "signature smooth melodies and waving grooves are more attractive than ever". Jung Hae-wook of News Tomato complimented the band on the mixture of electronic rock and being able to form a distinct sound between the tracks, as well as their effort to experiment in order to establish its musical identity. Jeff Benjamin of Billboard stated that in spite of the change in direction of
2920-405: The band's music on the album, their "sentimental songwriting" and "vivacious energy" persisted. CNBLUE released "Supernova" on September 9 as a digital download in precedence of CNBLUE's fourth Japanese studio album Colors . Released on September 30, the album debuted at number one on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart , selling 31,000 copies in its first week. It is the first time the band topped
2993-455: 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,
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3066-895: The chart since Code Name Blue , released three years and one month prior. The band embarked on the CNBLUE 2015 Arena Tour: Be a Supernova from November 3 to December 3. The concerts took place at the Big Hat arena in Nagano , the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Aichi, the Sun Dome in Fukui , and the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka. CNBLUE released their sixth mini-album Blueming and its lead single " You're So Fine " on April 4, 2016. Blueming topped
3139-599: The chart the following week. The lead single " Can't Stop " peaked at #3 on the Gaon Digital Chart . On March 2, the band had their comeback performance on SBS's All Live Comeback Show: Can't Stop . After finishing their promoting activities in Korea, CNBLUE released a new Japanese single " Truth " on April 23, 2014. The band then embarked on their 2014 CNBLUE LIVE- Can't Stop Tour , which kick-start in Daegu on May 24. On August 20, they released their 8th Japanese single, " Go Your Way ". CNBLUE released "Radio" on September 8, as
3212-536: The closing ceremony of 2014 Incheon Asian Games . On December 6, CNBLUE was the only Korean artist to participate at the 2015 iQiyi All-Star Carnival in Beijing , China, where they received the "Best Asia Group" award. CNBLUE's song "Can't Stop" was the 17th most tweeted song of 2014, according to the news website Mashable. They were the highest ranked Korean artist (followed by Girls' Generation 's "Mr. Mr" at number 18 and Infinite 's "Last Romeo" at number 48) on
3285-461: The entrance of Shinjuku Station in early 2009; it was one of at least 20 other bands performing in the area. By mid-June 2009, the band began to perform on the streets and in live clubs. They formally debuted on August 19, 2009 with Now or Never . The EP was recorded completely in English, and failed to chart on the Oricon Albums Chart . In late September, their original bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left
3358-399: 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
3431-577: The first time at Los Angeles ' Nokia Theater on March 9. On March 26, the band released their third Korean EP, Ear Fun . The single "Still in Love" was released on March 16, ahead of the EP's release, and peaked at #3 on the Gaon Singles Chart ; while the title song "Hey You" peaked at #1. The band wrapped up promotion with 4 music show award wins on April 22 with a goodbye performance on SBS' Inkigayo . After completing their EP promotions,
3504-409: The highest first day sale for CNBLUE's Japanese releases. On July 17, the official music video for CNBLUE's sixth Japanese single " Lady " was released. The physical single was later released on July 31, 2013, and ranked at number 4 on Oricon Singles Chart , selling 42,169 copies in its first week. CNBLUE had also participated in the annual two-day Japanese rock festival Summer Sonic 2013 as one of
3577-479: 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
3650-408: 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
3723-639: 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
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#17327799348953796-455: 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
3869-448: The lead single "I'm Sorry" were released. "I'm Sorry" was co-composed and co-written by the band's leader, Jung Yong-hwa, marking it the first time for Jung's composition to be used as the band's title song in South Korea. Prior to the EP's release, Re:Blue reached over 100,000 copies of pre-orders. It eventually went on to top the Gaon Album Chart for two weeks in a row., selling a total of 126,000 copies. The single peaked at number 2 on
3942-511: The lead single "Intuition" on March 21. The song earned the band a total of 7 music show wins, with three wins each on Mnet 's M! Countdown and KBS Music Bank , thus marking the first time the band won "triple crown" on the shows. After wrapping up promotions of "Intuition" on April 24 on SBS ' Inkigayo , they followed up with promotions of the song "Love Girl" from their special EP First Step +1 Thank You , beginning April 29 on Music Bank and ending on May 22. Thank You did well in
4015-525: The line-ups along with their labelmate F.T. Island and rock bands like Linkin Park , Metallica , and ONE OK ROCK . This was held at Tokyo and Osaka on August 10 and 11 respectively On August 13, they released the music video of "One More Time" for their upcoming second Japanese studio album What Turns You On? . On August 28, the studio album was released. It includes the previous three singles, " Robot ", " Blind Love " and " Lady ". It debuted at number two on
4088-402: The members held their first fan meeting in Seoul on May 5. They also started preparing for their upcoming Japanese activities. Their 3rd Japanese single " Come On " was released on August 1 and debuted at number five on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 38,000 copies sold. The song was composed by Lee Jong-hyun and written by Jung Yong-hwa in Korean, and later translated into Japanese. This
4161-463: 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
4234-470: The process of planning America and Europe stops. Taiwan will be the first stop for the world tour starting on April 6, making them the first South Korean rock band to hold a world tour of this kind. On April 20, FNC had announced that CNBLUE will be going on a ZEPP Tour in Japan with their first stop at Sapporo in Hokkaido on July 24 and 25, and the last stop at Namba in Osaka on August 14 and 15. There
4307-503: The record for achieving number one on South Korea's music programs in the shortest time since debut, grabbing their first win only 15 days after debuting with "I'm a Loner". The band had their debut reality show CNBLUEtory , broadcast on Mnet beginning March 10. In March, the band started preparations for their first full-length independent album Thank U in Japan. It was released on March 20 with several tracks co-written and co-composed by Jung Yong-hwa. The album peaked at number 90 on
4380-596: The scene this year," and "Cold Love" a "gritty ballad" and "Diamond Girl" a feisty rock jam. Throughout the first half of 2015, CNBLUE continued to pursue solo activities. In April 2015, the band released its ninth single " White " under Warner Music Japan . The single peaked at number four on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart , selling over 28,000 copies since its release. After an absence of domestic band promotions in one year and seven months in, CNBLUE released their second studio album 2gether and lead single " Cinderella " on September 14. The album debuted at number two on
4453-669: 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
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#17327799348954526-548: The songs in their BLUESTORM concert on September 17 at the Olympic Hall , Seoul . After wrapping up promotions in Korea, CNBLUE made a comeback in Japan with the release of their second and last independent album 392 on September 1. They also announced that they would make their major debut in Japan on October 19, 2011, under Warner Music Japan . The band released their debut single " In My Head " on October 19, composed by Jung Yong-hwa. The single peaked at number four on
4599-503: The success the band found earlier with "I'm a Loner". The band eventually won on first place on M! Countdown on June 10 and Inkigayo on June 20. After their success in Korea, the band headed back to Japan. They released their first single "The Way" on June 23. For the first time, they charted in Oricon's Top 40 at number 26. The release was followed by their second single "I Don't Know Why" on September 16. The song reached number eight on
4672-441: 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
4745-464: 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
4818-704: The weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 60,398 copies sold in the first week. This made CNBLUE the first foreign band to top the Oricon Singles Chart since January 18, 1971 (when the Canadian band Mashmakhan released the single "Two in the Fog"), and made CNBLUE the fourth South Korean male artist/group to rank number 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart, following TVXQ , JYJ and Jang Keun-suk . CNBLUE and fellow label-mates F.T. Island performed in America for
4891-642: The weekly Oricon Singles Chart at number five. The band then embarked on the CNBLUE Spring Live 2017 "Shake! Shake!" arena tour. They held two concerts each in Tokyo, Aichi, and Osaka, starting from May 17 to June 22. The band also held their 2017 CNBLUE Live: Between Us concert tour on six countries from July 1 to December 9. The initial pair of shows took place between June 3 and 4 in Seoul. CNBLUE released their sixth-major label Japanese studio album, Stay Gold . It debuted at number three on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart. The band embarked on
4964-592: Was a total of 10 concerts in 5 cities. This was held while the Blue Moon world tour was still ongoing. It was later revealed that the ZEPP Tour is titled Lady Zepp Tour after announcing the name of their upcoming 6th Japanese single titled Lady on June 18. On April 24, CNBLUE released their fifth Japanese single, " Blind Love ", written and co-composed by Lee Jong-hyun. The physical single debuted at number two on Oricon Daily Single Chart with 35,773 copies sold,
5037-487: 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
5110-460: Was followed by the release of their Japanese debut album Code Name Blue on August 29 which placed number one on both the daily and weekly Oricon Albums Chart , selling a total of 57,744 copies at the end of its nine-week run. They became the first Korean group to achieve that feat with a debut album. On September 22, they held their first exclusive concert, CNBLUE Live in London at IndigO2 in
5183-423: Was officially announced at their 2012 CNBLUE Live BLUE NIGHT in Seoul concert on December 17. The release date for their fourth EP, Re:Blue , was set to be January 14, 2013. The first teaser was released on January 3, 2013 All individual video teasers were released on January 7. On January 9, a photo teaser was released for their photoshoot of the album made on the streets of London . The first music video teaser
5256-535: Was released on January 10 along with a second one released one day later. In 2012, all of the members received recognition for their acting endeavors, and CNBLUE was said to be the band that has conquered the year-end acting award ceremonies with their nominations. At the KBS Drama Awards , Kang Min-hyuk and Lee Jung-shin were nominated for the "Rookie Actor" award for their roles in My Husband Got
5329-469: Was released on January 14, 2010, and stayed at the top of the Gaon Album Chart for two weeks. " I'm a Loner " was promoted as the lead single , and peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart . The band had their first televised live performance on KBS ' Music Bank on January 15. The song was an immediate commercial success and the band had their first music show chart win on Music Bank on January 29 and SBS ' Inkigayo on January 31. CNBLUE held
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