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I just noticed when Sequoyah created the Cherokee alphabet, at least he used unique symbols for sounds and syllables of his spoken language. It's clear that English scholars created the written Welsh using Anglo-Saxon (latin?) script. The true genius of Sequoyah is mindboggling.

In 1821, he completed his independent creation of the Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible. His achievement was one of the few times in recorded history that an individual who was a member of a pre-literate group created an original, effective writing system.
By the 1850s, their literacy rate reached almost 100%, surpassing that of surrounding European-American settlers.[4]
The Cherokee syllabary has had international influence. As diffusion spread, it is believed to have inspired the development of 21 known scripts or writing systems, used in a total of 65 languages in North America, Africa, and Asia.[5]