A language with a pitch accent is not the same as a tonal language.
In a tonal language every syllable has a tone or pitch which does not depend on the tone or pitch of the other syllables surrounding it (though there may be influences).
In a language with a pitch accent one syllable in a word is picked out and given a different tone to the other syllables in the same way that in English one syllable is picked out and given a different stress to the others.
In a tonal language monosyllables with different tones can have different meanings; this cannot happen in a language with a pitch accent.