diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
index 23c5ab5f..90df61c4 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import phonemizer
 from packaging import version
 from phonemizer.phonemize import phonemize
 from TTS.tts.utils.text import cleaners
-from TTS.tts.utils.text.symbols import (_bos, _eos, _phoneme_punctuations,
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.symbols import (_bos, _eos, _punctuations,
                                         make_symbols, phonemes, symbols)
 
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _phonemes = phonemes
 _CURLY_RE = re.compile(r'(.*?)\{(.+?)\}(.*)')
 
 # Regular expression matching punctuations, ignoring empty space
-PHONEME_PUNCTUATION_PATTERN = r'['+_phoneme_punctuations+']+'
+PHONEME_PUNCTUATION_PATTERN = r'['+_punctuations+']+'
 
 
 def text2phone(text, language):
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
index e82967fb..4bd1d6c2 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Defines the set of symbols used in text input to the model.
 The default is a set of ASCII characters that works well for English or text that has been run
 through Unidecode. For other data, you can modify _characters. See TRAINING_DATA.md for details.
 '''
+
+
 def make_symbols(characters, phonemes=None, punctuations='!\'(),-.:;? ', pad='_', eos='~', bos='^'):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     ''' Function to create symbols and phonemes '''
     _symbols = [pad, eos, bos] + list(characters)
@@ -18,15 +20,14 @@ def make_symbols(characters, phonemes=None, punctuations='!\'(),-.:;? ', pad='_'
         _symbols += _arpabet
     return _symbols, _phonemes
 
-
 _pad = '_'
 _eos = '~'
 _bos = '^'
 _characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!\'(),-.:;? '
 _punctuations = '!\'(),-.:;? '
-_phoneme_punctuations = '.!;:,?'
+# _phoneme_punctuations = '.!;:,?'
 
-# Phonemes definition
+# Phonemes definition (All IPA characters)
 _vowels = 'iyɨʉɯuɪʏʊeøɘəɵɤoɛœɜɞʌɔæɐaɶɑɒᵻ'
 _non_pulmonic_consonants = 'ʘɓǀɗǃʄǂɠǁʛ'
 _pulmonic_consonants = 'pbtdʈɖcɟkɡqɢʔɴŋɲɳnɱmʙrʀⱱɾɽɸβfvθðszʃʒʂʐçʝxɣχʁħʕhɦɬɮʋɹɻjɰlɭʎʟ'