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Currently creates the impression Boers and Afrikaners are seperate demographic groups - they're not
{{merge with|Afrikaner}}
The '''Boers''' are an [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people whose ancestors are mainly [[Dutch]], Huguenots and [[German]] [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] [[Protestants]]. Boers are also commonly called "Boervolk", "Afrikaner-Boers", "Boere-Afrikaners" or sometimes merely "Afrikaners", this last desegnation rather vague, however, becuase they should not be confused with the larger Afrikaans-speaking ethnic group in South Africa, also commonly called the [[Afrikaner]]s. The Boers number approximately 400,000 people today.
The '''Boers''' are an [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people whose ancestors are mainly [[Dutch]], Huguenots and [[German]] [[Reformed Churches|Reformed]] [[Protestants]]. Boers are also commonly called "Boervolk", "Afrikaner-Boers", "Boere-Afrikaners" or sometimes merely "Afrikaners", this last desegnation rather vague, however, becuase they should not be confused with the larger Afrikaans-speaking ethnic group in South Africa, also commonly called the [[Afrikaner]]s. The Boers number approximately 400,000 people today.