I've stumbled into an interesting related comment on twitter, didn't know:
"#Erlang based language ecosystem is more diverse than many know: #efene #reia #lfe #luaerl #erlog #elixir #mercury"
https://twitter.com/BillBarnhill/status/670601359016771584
edit: Wow, and many of them seem to actually be by the same rvirding who authored lfe: