section_path: Dialects and closely related languages/Dialects/Old dialects
section_name: Old dialects
paragraph_text: Old dialects
  
  Maho (2009) considers these to be distinct languages:
  
  The rest of the dialects are divided by him into two groups:
  
  Maho includes the various Comorian dialects as a third group. Most other authorities consider Comorian to be a Sabaki language, distinct from Swahili.