While Roman authors did not consistently exclude Celtic speaking-people, or treat the Germanic peoples as the name of a people, this new definition, by using Germanic language as the main criterion, understood the Germani as a people or nation with a stable group identity linked to language.
Kuddeɣ as inatukban win Roma war ikkesan addinat wi sawal nen Celtic meɣ ijjan addinat win germany s isim wan addinat , almaɣna wen eynayan s asaxdam n awal wan germany chund titbaqet ta tojarat , ifhaman germani chund addinat meɣ addawla tilat addinat s tumast nasan tazzukat daɣ as tar tay id awal