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By the same logic, had he been a Black Numenorean, Tolkien would have stated that. No, his origins and state of existence are indeterminate.
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Why's that? If he'd been a Nazgūl Tolkien would have let us know about it, during the Pellenor field battle etc.. Or when the troops ascended from Minas Morgul following the Witch King.. It is not *anywhere" mentioned that the lieutenant of Minas Morgul would be a Nazgūl, thus *it is* likely that he would be of the same race as the lieutenant of Barad-dūr, the "Mouth of Sauron".