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![[Flag of Takestan]](../images/i/ir-takes.gif) 
  image by 
Tomislav Šipek, 11 October 2018
image by 
Tomislav Šipek, 11 October 2018See also:
The flag of Takestan is white with logo and green fringe.
https://www.mehrnews.com/
Tomislav Šipek, 
11 
October 2018
The municipality of Takestan (80,299 inhabitants in 2016) is located in 
north-western Iran. The Takestani dialect, spoken in Takestan, is a branch of 
the Tati language, one of the most traditional Northwestern Iranian languages in 
the Indo-European languages family. Tati has been categorized by UNESCO’s “Atlas 
of the World’s Languages in Danger” project as a “definitely endangered 
language.” Tati and Persian are in the same language family called “Western 
Iranian” languages.
[https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/students/profiles/linguistics/taherkhani.html 
N. Taherkhani. 2017. A Morpho-phonological Analysis of Vowel Changes in 
Takestani-Tati Verb Conjugations: Assimilation, Deletion, and Vowel Harmony. 
Poster presented at The first North American Conference on Iranian Linguistics 
(NACIL1), Stony Brook, New York]
The bunch of grapes makes the emblem 
canting. “Takestan” literally and figuratively means "Vineyard". Takestan with 
35000 hectares of vineyards in Iran is the second largest city in grapes 
producing. In September 1938 the city's name “Syadn" formally changed to 
Takestan by the Academy of language and Culture of Iran. 70% of the grapes 
become raisins and sultanas that is exported to Russia, Ukraine and other 
Central Asian countries and Europe, in addition to domestic consumption.
https://www.facebook.com/Iranassistant/photos/a.1083837971706877/1121243671299640/?type=1&theater
Iran Guides and Services, 18 September 2016
Ivan Sache, 12 
October 2018