Erlang knowledge is not a requirement to start learning Elixir. You will end up learning about Erlang programming model anyway because Elixir builds on top of i

Erlang knowledge is not a requirement to start learning Elixir. You will end up learning about Erlang programming model anyway because Elixir builds on top of it. By "programming model" I mean things like immutability, concurrency, fault-tolerance, and the way you design systems with OTP.