研究人員調查了西拉雅族人的歷史淵源，語言和文化。一些參考論文和文獻及其鏈接如下。
Researchers have investigated the Sirayan people’s history, language and culture. A foremost researcher is Alexander Adelaar. Some references and links are below.
方美麗（Meili Fang）和尼森大衛（David Nathan）與兩位西拉雅尪姨在她們的公廨合作錄製，當尪姨起乩時阿立祖透過她說了一些有關阿立祖信仰的淵源及西拉雅的語言與當今社區之間關係。美麗Meili和大衛David撰寫了兩篇論文（英文），並在東京和馬尼拉的會議上發表了這些論文：
Meili Fang and David Nathan worked with the two Shamans on some documentation, in the shamans’ own words, of the relationship between the ancestral gods, the Sirayan language, and today’s communities. Meili and David wrote two papers (in English) and delivered them at conferences in Tokyo and Manila:
M. Fang & D. Nathan. 2013. Divining Siraya: Sources of language and authority in documentation and revitalisation. Download PDF
M. Fang & D. Nathan. 2020. Ghost languages: language and spiritualism in a Siraya community of Taiwan. Download PDF
Other references and links
Alexander Adelaar – University of Melbourne Linked In page with downloadable papers