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"suprasegmentals" has 5 syllables: supr-as-egm-ent-als.
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"Suprasegmentals" has 5 syllables: supr · as · egm · ent · als.
Suprasegmentals: An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
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