pig latin

def pig_latin(words):
    vwls = ['a','e','i','o','u']
    count = 0
    wlsts = words.split()
    final_list = []

    for n, word in enumerate(wlsts):
        wordlist = list(word) #forming a list out of string. strings are immutable but list are not
        new_word = []
        count = 1+ count

        if wordlist[0] in vwls:
            new_word = wordlist[1:]
            new_word.append(wordlist[0])

        else:
            new_word = wordlist

        new_word.append("ni")
        new_word.append('j'*count)
        new_word = ''.join(new_word) #forming the new word
        final_list.append(new_word)

    pig_latin = " ".join(final_list)
    return pig_latin

#testing...
sentence = "This is just an example"
new_word = pig_latin(sentence)
print (new_word)
Thisnij sinijj justnijjj nanijjjj xampleenijjjjj

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#!/usr/bin/env python

def pig_latin(sentence):

    vowels = 'aeiou'
    words = sentence.split()
    new_sentence = ''

    cntr = 1
    for word in words:
        if len(word) > 1 and word[0] in vowels:
            word = word[1:] + word[0]
        word += 'ni' + 'j'*cntr
        cntr += 1
        new_sentence += word + ' '

    return new_sentence.rstrip()

if __name__ == '__main__':

    print pig_latin("This is just a small sentence")

# Testing it:
> python pig_latin.py

Thisnij sinijj justnijjj anijjjj smallnijjjjj sentencenijjjjjj