 Dialectal forms are relatively similar along the midstream of Nakdong River but are different near Busan and Ulsan, Jinju and Pohang as well as along the eastern slopes of Mount Jiri.Most Gyeongsang dialects have six vowels, "a" (ㅏ), "e" (ㅔ), "i" (ㅣ), "eo" (ㅓ), "o" (ㅗ), "u" (ㅜ).In most areas, the vowels ㅐ(ae) and ㅔ (e) are conflated, as are ㅡ(eu) and ㅓ(eo).