Urkers

The Urkers (bottom, middle) within the language landscape of the northern Netherlands

Urkers is a Lower Saxon dialect spoken in the municipality of Urk in the north of the province of Flevoland . It forms a transition from the Lower Saxon to the Lower Franconian dialects, which also includes standard Dutch . Therefore, it differs in many ways from North German Lower Saxony or Low German .

The author Gerrit Pasterkamp has written books in Urkers, including translations of psalms and fiction .

Web links

• Het Urkerland In: heturkerland.nl (Dutch)
• Article about the band Leuster, some of which recorded a CD in Urkers Platt In: heturkerland.nl (Dutch)