Suprasegmental phonemes are features of speech that extend beyond individual speech sounds, like tone, stress, and intonation patterns. These elements can affect the meaning of words and sentences, but are not tied to specific sounds like consonants or vowels.

Suprasegmental phonemes, such as tone or stress, are features that go beyond individual speech sounds and impact the entire speech utterance. These phonemes arise from the interaction of various linguistic and cognitive factors. They can be influenced by language-specific rules, cultural and social factors, and even individual speaker variation. Overall, suprasegmental features emerge from the complex interplay of language, cognition, and communication.

An example of pitch in suprasegmental phoneme is when a rise in pitch at the end of a statement can indicate uncertainty or a question-like intonation. This change in pitch occurs across multiple segments or individual sounds, influencing the overall meaning of the utterance.

Suprasegmental phonology is concerned with other aspects of phonology, such as tone, stress and intonation. In some periods, suprasegmental phonology has been rather ignored compared to segmental phonology. This is presumably because, in most fields of scientific inquiry with the exception of physics, a linear world view has held sway, and also because the orthography of languages such as English encourages one to see the sound system as being a simple linear sequence of segments.

Suprasegmental phonemes refer to elements of speech that extend beyond individual sounds or segments, such as stress, intonation, and rhythm. These components help convey meaning and emotion in spoken language. Examples include pitch variations in tone languages and patterns of stress in English.