 North Gyeongsang has high tone, low tone (short vowel), and high tone (long vowel), whereas South Gyeongsang has high, mid, and low tone.For example, South Gyeongsang distinguishes "sóni" 'guest', "sōni" 'hand', and "sòni" 'grandchild'.Pitch accent plays a grammatical role as well, for example distinguishing causative and passive as in "jép-pida" 'make s.o.