Tags: Language.
Urkers is the local language of the municipality and former island of Urk located on the west coast of the Dutch province of Flevoland. In Dutch Urkers is called Urks. Urk was an island until the middle of the 20th century. It was originally located in the Zuiderzee a bay of the North sea which became an inland sea called IJsselmeer when a dam was built to secure the Dutch coast against floods.
