Sorin Paliga (born Viorel-Sorin Paliga on June 21, 1956 in Braniștea, Dâmbovița County, Romania) is a Romanian linguist and politician. He is a university professor at the University of Bucharest. As a politician, he was the former mayor of Sector 3 of Bucharest from June 1996 to June 2000, and was affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Research interests Paliga's main research interests include the influence of Dacian on Romanian, language contact, and Indo-European philology. Paliga is a proponent of 's theory, which links the Indo-European, Uralic, and Altaic language families. Education Paliga studied Czech and English at the University of Bucharest. He received his doctorate in 1998 by completing his dissertation on Roman and pre-Roman influences in South Slavic languages. References External links Academia.edu page Google Scholar Living people 1956 births People from Dâmbovița County Linguists from Romania Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian philologists National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians University of Bucharest alumni Mayors of the sectors of Bucharest Long-range comparative linguists