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 Most vocabulary in Muwag is derived from [[Proto-Ukilen]], but many words have been taken from a substrate language called [[Pre-Muwag language|Pre-Muwag]]. There are also words from [[Loremese language|Loremese]].
+== Name of the language and etymology ==
+The name ''Muwag'' can be traced back to Proto-Ukilen, from a noun ''*mubawa'' 'water'. The inflection that the name is derived from is the inanimate genitive singular declension of ''*mubawa'', i.e. ''*mubawa-ga:ʒ''. This translates to 'of the water'.
+Many native speakers of the language say that the reason why the name of the language is ''Muwag'' is because the speakers of the language have always been near water. This is the leading consensus among linguists and historians.
+== History ==
+Like other Ukilen languages, the Muwag language is a descendent of Proto-Ukilen. The language was brought to the territory of modern-day Foi by migration via boats. Due to this isolation from other Ukilen languages, the language developed without any Ukilen influences.
+Based upon historic and lexical evidence, it is assumed that there was a language spoken before the Old Muwag speakers became predominant in the area of modern-day Foi. Historical linguists have given this unattested language the name of Pre-Muwag. The main evidence for the existence of this language is due to the presence of an initial /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ in many words.
+Comparison with other Ukilen languages has made it easier to see words are from Proto-Ukilen or Pre-Muwag.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Table of compared cognates
+!Proto-Ukilen
+!Muwag
+!Kzmr
+!Baphian
+!Translation
+|-
+!''*tuðɹhe''
+|''duly''
+|''tþru''
+|''tilye''
+|'language'
+|-
+!''*dogɑʃ''
+|''za''
+|''dgšu''
+|''dahgos''
+|'bird'
+|-
+!''*mubawa''
+|''vaw''
+|''mbhu''
+|''mubeve''
+|'water'
+|}