found: Work cat.: Rombi, M. Shimaore, 1983:p. 7 (constitute avec l'anjouanais un sous-ensemble dialectal du comorien bien distinct du sous-ensemble grand-comorien-mohélien)
found: Ethnologue:p. 305 (Shimaore (Shimaori, Mayotte), one of 3 dialects of Comorian)
found: Encyc. of language and linguistics, 1994:v. 5, p. 2400 (Shimaore dialect of Comorian spoken on Mayotte)
found: Mann, M. Thesaurus, 1987:p. 149 (Shimaore, Maore, Mauri)
found: LC database, Sept. 12, 1995(Mahorais)
notfound: Ruhlen, M. Guide, 1987;Voegelin lang.;Intl. encyc. of linguistics, 1992
