/a/ | 
Cardinal Vowel No. 4: Open front unrounded vowel (Lower-Case A) | 
Instructions:
Height: Low (open)
Backness: Front
Roundedness: Unrounded
Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 4.
| Source | Notes | URL | 
| ArticulatoryIPA | 
 Ultrasound Ultrasound – half-speed  | 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOEKID3g7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEG3BN46eE0  | 
| Ken Stevens (1962) | X-Ray | 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcNMCB-Gsn8&list=PLDC5CFA68CD4AD861#t=0m11s http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/acip/course/chapter3/x_ray.html  | 
| University of South California | MRI; with noise | http://sail.usc.edu/span/videos/dai.mov | 
| SpeechTrainer.de (Youtube) | Animation | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvFdN1_3Bn4 |