The Karen Baptist Theological Seminary ( ksw, ပှၤကညီဘျၢထံယွၤဂ့ၢ်ပီညါဖၠၣ်စိမိၢ) is a

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in Seminary Hill, Insein,

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. It is affiliated with the Karen Baptist Convention.

History

The school was founded in 1845 by the

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. The

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's academic courses are taught primarily in the

S'gaw Karen language S’gaw, S'gaw Karen, or S’gaw K’Nyaw, commonly known as Karen, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the S'gaw Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. A Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, S'gaw Karen is spoken by over 2 mi ...

, with

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being used for other purposes. The

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is not used.

References

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