6. Each consonant, in a combination of two or more consonants, is
pronounced with its full value, whether within a word or at its
beginning. There are no silent letters.
a. Thus, both consonants are clearly sounded in the groups "kn", "kv",
"gv", "sv", in such words as "knabo", "kvin", "gvidi", "sviso".
b. The combination "kz", as in "ekzisti", "ekzameno", must not be
modified to the "gs" or "ks" represented by "x" in "exist", "execute".
c. The combination "sc", as in "escepte", "scias", is equivalent to the
combination "sts" in "laST Said", "firST Song", pronounced together
rapidly. The "s" in a word beginning with "sc" may be sounded with the
end of the preceding word, if that word ends in a vowel, as "mis-cias"
for "mi scias".
d. The "n" and "g" are pronounced separately in the combination "ng", in
such words as "lingvo", "angulo", producing the sound of "ng" heard in
"linger", not that in "singer".
e. Each of two similar letters is clearly sounded, as "interrilato",
"ellasi", like "inter-relate", "well-laid".