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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-sized_IPA_vowel_chart
vowels = [ 'i','y','ɨ','ʉ','ɯ','u','ɪ',
	   'ʏ','●','ʊ','e','ø','ɘ','ɵ',
	   'ɤ','o','ə','ɛ','œ','ɜ','ɞ',
	   'ʌ','ɔ','æ','ɐ','a','ɶ','ɑ','ɒ' ]

def contains_ipa_vowel(word):
    for letter in word:
	if letter in vowels:
	    return True
    return False