The preamble of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina as drafted at Dayton quaintly categorises the citizenry of B&H thus:

Bosniacs, Croats, and Serbs, as constituent peoples (along with Others), and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina hereby determine that the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is as follows: …

Huh? Huh?!

How are Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs somehow juxtaposed with citizens?

Does this mean that Others are a ‘constituent people’?

And if so, why are they discriminated against eg in Article V by not being able to run for President? Thus:

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall consist of three Members: one Bosniac and one Croat, each directly elected from the territory of the Federation, and one Serb directly elected from the territory of the Republika Srpska.

It’s always difficult to put things in unambiguous categories. See the many different sorts of Taxonomy.

So the category of Other always comes in handy when it is All Just Too Complicated.

Take what used to be a fairly uncontroversial classification system: Male and Female.

How many intermediate categories do eg Australians these days need as well?