Indo-European language vs Celtic

Celtic vs Indo-European language

Indo-European language and Celtic both are nouns.

Indo-European language is not an adjective while Celtic is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indo-European language	Yes	No	No	No
Celtic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Celtic is a hyponym of Indo-European language; that is, Celtic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indo-European language:

Indo-European language: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
Celtic: a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era

Other hyponyms of Indo-European language include PIE, Proto-Indo European, Proto-Indo European language, Albanian, Albanian language, Armenian, Armenian language, Illyrian, Thraco-Phrygian, Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic, Germanic, Germanic language, Celtic language, Italic, Italic language, Tocharian, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language, Anatolian, Anatolian language, Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language, Centum language.

Indo-European language (noun)	Celtic (noun)
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia	a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era

Indo-European language (adjective)	Celtic (adjective)
	relating to or characteristic of the Celts

Difference between Indo-European language and Celtic

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