Are there any languages using the Latin alphabet characters which are written right-to-left?
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Not nowadays, but at least one of the earliest Latin inscriptions was written alternating between left to right and right to left. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Latin#Fragments_and_inscriptions Since the Latin alphabet looked quite different at the time and this style of writing also involved mirroring the letters themselves, we should probably not count this.
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That is correct. The Forum inscription at least is written that way. Of course you can debate whether it is in the Latin alphabet stricto sensu.– fdbMay 7, 2015 at 11:47
Well, I suppose you can write any Latin-based script in mirror writing, as Leonardo da Vinci famously did, but otherwise I think the answer to your question is "no".
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Is it possible that the earliest Archaic Latin was written right-to-left like Etruscan from which the Latin alphabet descended? May 7, 2015 at 11:21
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Boustrophedon is a natural way to do any kind of lettering; it has defects for the reader but it's easier for the carver. Earliest Latin writing would be more likely boustrophedon than right-to-left.– jlawlerMay 7, 2015 at 14:39