public int countVowels(String word) {

		String[] vowels = new String[] {"a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "ij", "y"};

		int count = 0;

		for (int v = 0; v < vowels.length; v++) {
			String vowel = vowels[v];
			int vowellenth = vowel.length();

			for (int letter = 0; letter < word.length(); letter++) {


				for (int pat = 0; pat < vowel.length(); pat++) {
					if (word.charAt(letter + pat) != vowel.charAt(pat)) {
						break;
					}


					if ((pat+1) == vowellenth) {
						count++;
					}
				}

			}
		}

		return count;

	}