Tacitus was at times unsure whether a people were Germanic or not, expressing his uncertainty about the Bastarnae, who he says looked like Sarmatians but spoke like the Germani, about the Osi and the Cotini, and about the Aesti, who were like Suebi but spoke a different language.
Tacitus daɣ azzaman win war ikkes ach-ak n as addinat aqqalan Germnic meɣ bo,allaɣat s ibas ach-ak net fal Bastamae s inna as olahan id Sarmatian tan mucham issewal chund Germani , fal Osi d Cotini d fal Aesti olahnen id Suebi mucham issewalan awal izlayan