The French missionary Father Gerard Cuerq, who has lived with the Ami people since coming to Taiwan 28 years ago, has studied the Ami language in great depth, and is engaged in compiling a romanized dictionary of Ami.
來台已經廿八年，一直與阿美族人同住一起的法籍傳教士顧向前神父，對阿美語的研究非常深入，他所參與編輯的一本羅馬拼音阿美語詞典，幾位傳教士前後已經編了卅年，已經編到了 "S" 的部分。