text: i have this tamil friend who only understands tamil language. can anyone give me advice on communication?   to communicate you have to atleast little bit of tamil. first thing you could do is you could learn to read basic tamil.... using the sites below (for non-tamil readers).  secondly, if you know a tamil friend that can give you quick crash course... because tamil is not the easiest language to learn.... if you don't know anyone tamil speaks...   another approach is you could watch tamil movies, probabliy easiest and funnest way to learn tamil.... you can watch tamil movies online at http://www.loosu.com