I first saw Erlang around 2013, attracted by praises of its remarkable features.
I was surprised by the syntax but not scared. After a few minutes it looked nice. I loved the use of uppercase and lowercase letters to distinguish between Variables and symbols: it’s concise and I can partially relate it to the use of capital letters in natural languages to distinguish proper names from generic names.
I like the use of the punctuation, which I found meaningful and, again, somewhat analogous to its use in natural languages.
Overall I found it attractive. But I only played with it a bit then went back to focus on the JVM territory, which I regret a bit. 
I’m learning Elixir now as I’m guessing it will be easier to develop something with it or find a project to join, but I’d love to learn Erlang too after this.